Chris Hemsworth confirms when Extraction 3 starts filming for Netflix

If you thought you'd seen the last of Chris Hemsworth sweating bullets and smashing his way through improbable hostage rescues, think again. The Extraction saga is powering on at Netflix, and if anything, the body count and punchlines are only going up.

Extraction 2 managed a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, outdoing the original's 67%.

Back in the Firing Line

Remember the first Extraction back in 2020? Hemsworth played Tyler Rake, a slightly unhinged black ops mercenary who dives headfirst into the world's sketchiest situations with very little regard for his lifespan. The first film set some (frankly absurd) Netflix streaming records at the time, mostly by doubling down on the mayhem. Sam Hargrave directed, brought in his John Wick-adjacent stunt sensibilities, and the thing just went off.

Fast forward to 2023, Extraction 2 raises the stakes — and according to critics and audience scores, actually improved on its predecessor. More impossible missions. Higher rooftops, longer gunfights, dodgier haircuts. This time, Rake is still saving people no-one else would bother risking mild discomfort for.

Third Time's the Charm (Or Not?)

Now, with Hemsworth set to wear the Thor helm again for this year's Avengers: Doomsday Marvel extravaganza, he's still making time to beat people up on Netflix. According to Hemsworth himself, Extraction 3 is about to start shooting "in a couple of weeks." He's already been showing off his training regime — if you were ever curious how Thor preps to survive two hours of hand-to-hand nonsense in an underworld meat locker, he's basically become a full-time gym demo.

• Both Chris Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave are officially back for the trilogy capper.
• They're keeping story details quiet (formula: big rescue, bigger bodycount seems likely), but we do know shooting will be bouncing between India, Thailand, Prague, and Australia.
• Hemsworth reckons he'll be keeping it "lean and agile" this time, not bulking up quite so much as his previous Norse god days.
• No word on who Rake needs to save now — presumably someone whose only friend is a Netflix executive.

Spin-Off Fever (Of Course)

Because no successful streaming action franchise is allowed just one hero, there are now two Extraction spin-offs racing into development:

• The first follows Omar Sy (yes, from Lupin) as the lead in Mercenary. Set in the same Extraction world, this one's about a rescue op in Libya. The official pitch: Omar's eponymous mercenary is "navigating a dangerous mission to rescue hostages in Libya." Fairly direct.
• The second spin-off, Tygo, features massively underappreciated Korean action champ Ma Dong-seok (billed here as Don Lee), who MCU obsessives will remember from Eternals. Here, he gets his own film as a "former child soldier turned mercenary who exacts revenge on Korea's criminal underworld after a mission goes wrong." Again: no prizes for guessing the genre.

Given all these offshoots, don't be surprised if Tyler Rake ends up as the world's first action hero who never actually puts his feet up. Plot secrets are in lockdown for now, but it's safe to guess we'll get at least one geographically improbable chase and another "oner" that'll have all those YouTube breakdown channels salivating for weeks.