Netflix's EXTRACTION was released at the start of quarantine when the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns all over the world and because most of us were sheltered in place, the film went on to become Netflix's most successful original film on their streaming platform. Starring Chris Hemsworth, the film was exactly what we needed to help pass the time but with great success comes sequel talk and it became clear that another installment was indeed in the works. Joe Russo, who wrote the film and produced it with his brother Anthony Russo, recently revealed during an interview with "ET Online" that he has begun writing the sequel but fans will have to speculate if the film will be a direct follow-up or a prequel as previously hinted:
"I started writing the sequel (prequel?) three weeks ago. It's a great character to write for, with a fantastic performance from Hemsworth. So it makes my job easier. I think the mission is to up the scale on this one both emotionally and physically."
The little "prequel?" drop in his quote seems to indicate that there's a possibility that the next EXTRACTION installment could take place in the past. For those of you that have seen the film, the conclusion lends itself to go one route more than the other but in franchise-building, anything is possible. Director Sam Hargrave has hinted previously that the film's open ending could spawn a franchise either way:
"There's a lot of potential; it's so interesting. And again, the beauty of an ambiguous ending is that there's a lot of ways you can go. You can go fowards or backwards. Either way you look on the timeline are very interesting stories. It wasn't something discussed on set. As soon as it got mentioned, that thought of a sequel, because, I guess, Netflix was enjoying the dailies and things were coming together and people were like, 'Oh, this could be…'You know, you talk about all these things. Is it a franchise? Is it all these things? Who knows until the movie comes out and the audience responds. They'll be the ones who decide. But it was talked about."
In the film, Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary that embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. The movie also stars Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Manoj Bajpayee, Randeep Hooda, Pankaj Tripathi, Derek Luke, Marc Donato, and David Harbour.
Do YOU think the next EXTRACTION should be a sequel or prequel?