`The deal is closed for me to write Extraction 2, and we are in the formative stages of what the story can be,` Russo said. `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.`
Russo said he expects Extraction director Sam Hargrave (a longtime collaborator with the Russos) to be back at the helm.
As for Hemsworth, there is no deal at this point. Russo said the focus will be to work out the story and then write the script and show it to him before that happens. It doesn't seem like it will be a hard sell, based on the enthusiasm Hemsworth conveyed on social media this past weekend as he told his followers that the film garnered Netflix's biggest opening day audience and that it is projected to be watched by 90 million households over the next four weeks. Hemsworth worked with Joe and Anthony Russo, and Hargrave, on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
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.
