Chris Hemsworthhas fought Norse gods, climbed canyon cables, and played live drums forEd Sheeran— but there’s one challenge currently keeping him up at night: the future ofExtraction. The Netflix franchise, which helped redefine the action genre on streaming, currently holds asolid 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoesand is two films deep. But despite the success of both entries, Hemsworth admits progress onExtraction 3has slowed — and he’s feeling it, as he explained in a new interview.
“[Tyler Rake is] getting restless. We, the creative team, are putting together some different ideas and creative ventures of where we could take the whole place and the [third] film. But the intention is to certainly make another one. I don’t know exactly when, but yeah, it’ll be coming.”
Hemsworth’s restlessness isn’t surprising. TheExtractionfilms have become a rare modern franchise that’s both action-packed and surprisingly introspective, largely thanks toHemsworth’s layered portrayal of black ops mercenary Tyler Rake. Though originally developed withDwayne Johnsonin mind — back when the project was titledCiudadand theRussoswere fresh off theirCommunitydays — the current iteration of the series owes much of its success to Hemsworth’s emotional intensity and raw physicality.
How Did Chris Hemsworth End Up in ‘Extraction’?
While the Russos went off to makeCaptain America: The Winter Soldierand Johnson pursued mega-franchise stardom, the project evolved intoExtraction, with Hemsworth front and center and stunt coordinator-turned-directorSam Hargravebehind the camera.The rest is streaming history.
Extraction(2020) and its sequelExtraction 2(2023) shattered records on Netflix and confirmed that audiences still had a strong appetite for muscular, no-holds-barred thrillers. The second film raised the bar with a now-famous 21-minute “oner” sequence, which Hemsworth filmed during a particularly grueling production. And yet, despite the momentum,Extraction 3is still waiting in the wings. According to Hemsworth, the creative team is working behind the scenes to chart Tyler Rake’s next mission — but it’s taking time to get the pieces in place.
“I was going to attempt to surf a 40-foot wave [forLimitless], but Disney and Marvel said no — they needed me alive for Thor,” he joked. Instead, he climbed a 600-foot dam wall in the Swiss Alps.With aExtractionTV spin-offalso in the works andExtraction 3in early development, Hemsworth isn’t done with the franchise just yet.
ExtractionandExtraction 2are on Netflix now.Limitless: Live Better Nowstreams all three episodes on Aug. 15 on Disney+/Hulu, before airing Aug. 25 on National Geographic.
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