After shattering records by becoming the most watched original feature film ever when it was released on April 24, it should come as no surprise that Netflix has given Joe Russo the go-ahead to pen a sequel to the hit action film Extraction.
“The deal is closed for me to write Extraction 2, and we are in the formative stages of what the story can be,” Russo told Deadline. “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.”
For those of you who saw the movie, then you are aware of the loose ending Russo is speaking of. The end of the film made it seem that Chris Hemsworth’s character Tyler Rake was killed, although the final shot where Ovi comes up from the pool showed a blurry figure in the background which implied that Rake may or may not be dead after all.
“There was always a simple drive to the story, a balletic execution of action where you take a damaged character who made an egregious mistake in the past and has a shot at redemption which might be fatal,” Joe Russo said. “What was key is that we needed a muscular action director like Sam to be the main creative force in the execution of the action.”
The sequel could focus on expanding the backstory of Tyler and the team he works with, especially Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who in my opinion was a standout in the film as Tyler’s mercenary partner Nik Khan.
Now that we’re getting a sequel, I’m excited to see what new stunts we will get, and I’m hoping they can get Sam Hargrave to come back and direct the film.
It should be noted that Extraction eclipsed Spenser Confidential (85 million), 6 Underground (83 million), Bird Box (80 million), and the Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston comedy Murder Mystery (73 million). Now, the Netflix metric changed and Extraction, Spenser Confidential and 6 Underground got views counted if homes watched for two minutes or more. The others were based on views of 70% or more.
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