![]() ![]() If it totally tanked, we’d just leave it as is and fade away in a memory. So, when we went back to get some additional photography, we planned a very ambiguous ending, because, yes, there were talks of a sequel, but we didn’t know how it was going to be received. So that was how I directed it, and once people started to screen the movie and enjoy it, then the sequel conversations started popping up. A guy completes his journey and then moves on. I don’t want to compare it to this, but I was excited to have a movie like Gladiator, where it’s a complete story. It was a one and done, and I was happy to have the chance to direct a movie. Maybe Joe had one in the back of his mind, but in the script that I got, he died at the end of it. Jasin Boland/Netflixĭuring the making of the first movie, did everybody discuss a contingency plan for Tyler’s survival in the event that there was demand for a sequel? So we did three test screenings with audiences around town, and then they started to talk about a second movie, internally.ĭirector Sam Hargrave and DP Greg Baldi on the set of Extraction 2. ![]() They were very excited about the possibility, and they loved working with Chris. When it was testing internally, we saw the desire of Netflix to have an action franchise in their stable, so to speak. Probably before the movie came out, actually. How quickly did the sequel conversations begin? Well, based on the data that we have, the first movie seemed to do quite well. And then we landed an amazing actor for this movie,” Hargrave shares.īelow, during a recent conversation with THR, Hargrave also breaks down the 21-minute oner that he had to design twice due to the production’s last-minute move from Australia to the Czech Republic. And so Chris had a couple names in mind, and he made a couple phone calls. “We’re looking to expand the Extraction universe in potential subsequent films, and so we wanted to surround Chris with really talented actors that bring an interesting energy to the screen and have great chemistry with him. So, if all goes well, there’s a lot more to come involving Elba. Elba’s casting began with a phone call from Hemsworth, given their shared history together in the Thor franchise. Prior to the release of Extraction 2, the film’s marketing campaign let the cat out of the bag that Idris Elba would appear as Alcott, a mysterious handler who sets Tyler’s new extraction in motion. And so to take Tyler away from the main story of saving this family from a prison and having him do a detour to revisit that swimming pool scene from his point of view, it was just too much for this movie.” “Ultimately, because Tyler is going to save a family with another teenage kid, we didn’t want to add too much confusion for someone who hasn’t seen the first movie. There was a draft of the script , and we even shot a piece in the hospital where we brought the character of Ovi back into the story,” Hargrave says. According to Hargrave, the sequel simply became too convoluted when they attempted to connect the dots. However, Extraction 2 does not offer any clarity on the moment, especially since the timeline of Rake’s nine-month recovery from near-fatal wounds doesn’t align with the timing of that swimming pool scene. Rudhraksh Jaiswal’s Ovi, the teenage boy who Rake protected from a Bangladeshi drug lord, emerges from the pool and turns his head to see a blurry figure that resembles Rake, alluding to his survival and a potential sequel. So Hargrave and his team reunited for some additional photography, which resulted in the concluding swimming pool scene that’s set eight months after Rake’s death. ![]() Prior to the release of Extraction, Netflix started having sequel conversations based on positive test screenings, but the rub of the situation was that the film had killed off Chris Hemsworth’s heroic mercenary, Tyler Rake. “But then there’s another part of you that wants to keep going because you feel like you’ve got a story to tell … So, yes, I would say there’s definitely a friendly competition that keeps me going and keeps them going, but the competition is mostly with yourself.” These guys are so good,’” Hargrave tells The Hollywood Reporter. Sometimes, it makes you want to go home and hang it up and say, ‘Yeah, there’s no reason to keep going. “If you’ve seen John Wick: Chapter 4, it’s a masterpiece. Hargrave admits that there’s good-natured competition between him and his contemporaries, even if John Wick: Chapter 4 made him doubt himself ever so briefly. Netflix's New Releases Coming in June 2023 ![]()
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