Extraction Sequel Will Be Shot Internationally With Same Character: Joe Russo
Extraction was set in Dhaka, Bangladesh and predominantly shot in India and Thailand with a host of Indian talent in Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda and Priyanshu Painyuli.
Director-producer
Joe
Russo
is
looking
forward
to
the
sequel
to
the
Chris
Hemsworth-starrer
Extraction,
and
one
thing
that
he
wants
to
carry
over
is
the
less
USA
feel
of
the
story.
Extraction
was
set
in
Dhaka,
Bangladesh,
and
predominantly
shot
in
India
and
Thailand
with
a
host
of
Indian
talent
in
Rudhraksh
Jaiswal,
Randeep
Hooda
and
Priyanshu
Painyuli.
Russo,
who
wrote
the
script
and
co-produced
with
Hemsworth,
said
he
has
been
in
touch
with
Netflix
for
the
sequel
for
a
little
over
a
month.
"Everyone
was
very
happy
with
the
movie
and
very
excited
about
it.
There
was
good
energy
going
into
the
release.
And
certainly
the
release
cemented
it.
But
yeah,
it
had
been
a
conversation
that's
been
going
on
for
a
little
over
a
month,
he
told
Collider
in
an
interview.
Extraction,
which
started
streaming
from
April
24,
is
expected
to
draw
90
million
viewers
in
four
weeks
of
its
release,
according
to
Netflix.
Russo
said
they
knew
they
had
a
good
film
going
into
the
release.
The
film's
numbers
on
the
streamer
confirmed
their
faith
in
exploring
a
potential
second
part.
"And
now
we're
just
going
to
go
explore
what
potential
story
there
could
be
moving
forward
with
this
character.
With
Anthony
(Russo)
and
I,
everything
we
do
is
story
based,
we
got
to
find
the
right
story
to
tell
to
know
that,
Yeah,
we're
going
to
go
make
the
film.'
The
director
did
not
say
anything
definite
on
stuntman-turned-director
Sam
Hargrave's
return
on
the
sequel
but
said
Netflix
was
"blown
away" by
his
work
on
the
film
that
has
earned
special
praise
for
a
12-minute-long
seemingly
one-take
shot.
"I
don't
think
the
sequel's
going
to
be
filmed
without
Sam,
he
added.
But
one
thing
that
Russo
is
sure
about
is
telling
stories
that
explore
international
markets
and
locations.
"Well,
I
think
what
was
compelling
about
our
approach
to
this
one
and
has
been
informed
by
our
time
spent
working
on
Marvel
films
and
traveling
the
world
is
hopefully
gaining
a
deeper
understanding
of
international
markets
and
telling
stories
that
explore
in
the
films
[and]
that
are
less
'USA'
in
the
story.
I
think
that
that
was
very
successful
in
this
film
and
something
that
we
would
continue
to
do
on
a
future
movie
in
this
franchise," he
said.
Given
the
open-ended
nature
of
the
final
scene,
there
is
speculation
that
the
new
story
will
be
set
before
the
happenings
of
Extraction
but
Russo
declined
to
speak
on
that
aspect.
"We're
not
going
to
confirm
or
deny
one
way
or
the
other,
it's
early
days.
But
we
need
to
go
on
a
deep
dive
and
find
out
where
the
best
next
story
lives.