It’s been a little over a week sinceChris Hemsworth’s Netflix and AGBO’s action featureExtractiondebuted and already it has quickly become one of the buzziest titles on the platform. Hot on the heels ofExtraction’s success, screenwriter and co-producerJoe Russohas confirmedExtraction 2is happening and he will be writing the script.
On Monday, Russo confirmed to Deadline he had closed the deal to writeExtraction 2. It’s unclear if the script will serve as a sequel or prequel toExtraction. Both are definite optionsthanks to the mystery-filled endingof the first movie. As he confirmed to the outlet, “The deal is closed for me to writeExtraction 2, and we are in the formative stages of what the story can be. We’re not committing yet to whether that story goes forward, or backward in time. We left a big loose ending that leaves question marks for the audience.”
Previously, Russo teased the possibility of anExtractionsequel or prequel while speaking with Collider’s own Steve Weintraub. When asked what thelikelihood of a sequel or prequelwas, Russo shared in part:
“Certainly, when you find an interesting character and an interesting world to explore with a great director, you’re going to want to continue to explore it. […] It would be exciting at hell to go back to work on a second film in that series. We’ve had the preliminary conversations. The question is: Does it all make sense? Can we find the right story to tell? Are we happy to go tell that? Does Sam want to tell that story? Does Chris want to tell that story? There’s still a lot of work to be done.”
It has not been confirmed if Hemsworth or directorSam Hargravewill return to star and direct, respectively. However, Deadline’s reports implies Russo is optimistic at least Hargrave will be back for me. As for Hemsworth, Russo told Deadline the current working plan is to write the script, show it to Hemsworth, and go from there. It likely won’t be tough getting Hemsworth to sign on consideringhe was profusely thanking fansover the weekend for helping the action pic rack up tons of views (with projections supposedly pointing to 90 million views) on Netflix and make it one of the most successful releases for the platform to date.
For more, check out our picks for movies towatch next if you lovedExtractionand our round-up of thebest action movies on Netflixyou can watch right now.
