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Was Chris Hemsworth almost broke before Thor? ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Picture this: a young Chris Hemsworth, barely scraping by and dreaming of stardom, desperate to rescue his family from financial chaos. Fast forward, and he’s now the God of Thunder, but the journey was anything but smooth. In a chat with Variety, Hemsworth shared how those tough days shaped his career.

In 2004, Hemsworth landed his first gig on the Australian soap Home and Away, but it wasn’t all amazing. “A big reason I started acting was because I loved film and TV, but it was like we had no money,” he recalled. The high school dropout had bigger dreams, saying, “I initially wanted to pay off their house. That was my sort of thing.” Talk about pressure! He put himself under those expectations, making the journey more challenging.

The holiday season brought more than just cheer; it also brought doubt.

Everything We Know So Far About Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction 3 - Main Image

The ending of Extraction 2 barely bid fans farewell from the adrenaline-driven franchise. So, here is everything fans of the franchise need to know about Extraction 3 so far.

When Does Extraction 3 Start Filming? Does It Have a Release Date?

Chris Hemsworth's Extraction franchise is about to turn into a trilogy and for good reason.

Considering that Extraction 2 had viewers on the edge of their seats, we have yet to figure out the relationship between Idris Elba's Alcott and Chris Hemsworth's Tyler Rake.

At the New York Comic-Con 2024, the Russo Brothers confirmed that the threequel will be set in motion soon and also dropped when they can be expected to film the upcoming threequel.

"We're in the middle of working on that [Extraction 3] story right now. Hard at work. We're hoping to go into production on it next year,...

MCU Star Chris Hemsworth's Secret Talent Probably Wasn't On Your 2024 Bingo Card - Main Image

While the MCU is busy building a new team of Avengers to replace the originals, Marvel's Thor star Chris Hemsworth finally unveiled his secret talent alongside Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran in his recent Mathematics Tour.

Marvel's Thor Couldn't Have Surprised Fans More with Hidden Talent

The God of Thunder wasn't much interested in the theatrics, as seen in Thor: Ragnarok, however, his actor Chris Hemsworth, is quite attached to performing.

Apart from his ever-growing acting career in Hollywood, Extraction, Extraction 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Transformers: One, MCU fans did not see this One hidden talent coming.

While recording for the 41-year-old actor's Limitless With Chris Hemsworth season 2, where he "pushes himself to new limits" while battling Alzheimer's, he happened to be exactly where Ed Sheeran's latest concert was held: Romania's National Arena.

Chris Hemsworth can wield a large hammer, but can he manage drumsticks? As Ed Sheeran fans in Romania found out, the actor could keep a beat as drummed onstage for “Thinking Out Loud” during the singer’s Bucharest concert Saturday.

As the duo revealed on social media soon after, Hemsworth’s onstage cameo will feature in the upcoming season of his Nat Geo and Disney+’s docuseries Limitless, where the Thor actor subjects himself to different experiences in an attempt to both lengthen and improve his life.

“Basically what happened...

Chris Hemsworth, best known for his role as Thor, may have risen to the heights of Hollywood stardom, but he remains remarkably grounded, basking in simplicity. His life is a testament to the adage ‘You can take the surfer out of the surf, but you can never take the surf out of the surfer’.

With a youthful love for surfing, The Avengers star, 40, not only showcases his enviable passion for the waves, as witnessed in a recent heartwarming viral video shared by an influencer but also champions a lifestyle that intertwines stardom with the salt & spray of the ocean.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor | Marvel Studios

Recent candid footage captures this $130 million rich, relatable family man going to do what could be considered the most Aussie thing ever—on his way to the surf!

Chris Hemsworth’s Surfing Passion: A Glimpse Into This Wholesome Instagram Post!

Despite his international fame and fortune,...

Idris Elba (Hijack) and Rebecca Ferguson (Silo) are circling roles in Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow’s next film for Netflix, sources have confirmed to Deadline.

Details as to the roles the pair are playing are under wraps, as are the film’s title and plot, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The project marks Bigelow’s first feature since the 2017 thriller Detroit, an awards contender produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures, which starred John Boyega, Will Poulter, Kaitlyn Dever and more.

News of the film was first divulged by Netflix recently during its Upfront presentation in New York. Previously, Bigelow had been developing another Netflix film that never got off the ground — an adaptation of the novel Aurora from David Koepp.

Currently starring in the Apple TV+ thriller series Hijack, which has been renewed for a second season,...

Legacy U.S. shows such as The Office and Friends remain popular in Asia, but interest in American content is on the wane in the region, a new study shows.

Media Partners Asia (MPA)’s latest report show U.S. content maintained a lead among SVOD users, with 60% viewing it in Q1 of 2024, ahead of Korean titles (56%) and Japanese originals (48%). However, the figure for U.S. content was 70% two years ago in the same period, highlighting how local content, especially in Korea and Japan, are driving viewing.

Notably, in Korea, engagement with U.S. content was just 9%. In Japan, it was 11%. Conversely, engagement was up at 69% in English-speaking Australia and relatively strong in Southeast Asia (32%). Despite the low engagement, MPA Lead Analyst Dhivya T said that “even in highly local markets such as Korea, Japan and Indonesia, U.S. content drove 15-30% of SVOD customer acquisition.”

The US Content In...

Even in challenged times, no national entertainment industry can flex quite like Hollywood. According to new research from regional advisory group Media Partners Asia, U.S. films and series remain the most important content category for global streamers when it comes to customer acquisition and engagement across the Asia Pacific region — regardless of the way platforms continue to ramp up their local-language offerings in these territories.

In the first quarter of 2024, U.S. content was viewed by 60 percent of subscription video users in nine major markets — Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand — outperforming Korean titles (at 56 percent) and Japanese content (48 percent), according to new research from regional analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report’s authors noted, however, that U.S. content’s reach has begun to wane in recent years.

“While U.S. content’s reach has declined steadily to 70 percent to 60 percent over the past two years,...

U.S-produced film and TV content has maintained leadership in terms of reach among Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) users in nine major markets in Asia-Pacific. And it remains important for acquiring and maintaining subscriptions, a new report finds.

New research from consultancy firm Media Partners Asia is based on passively-collected data from 40,000 digital users amassed by its Ampd sister company. Territories covered include Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, from May 2023 to April 2024.

American content was viewed by 60% of the monitored users in the first quarter of this year. That put it ahead of Korean shows, watched by 56% in the region, and Japanese, watched by 48%.

But the U.S. content viewership number is down from 70% two years ago. And figures vary significantly, with 69% watching in Australia and Southeast Asia, where its viewership is 32%. But in the rich and populous East Asian markets of Japan and Korea, viewership...

Chris Hemsworth is a busy man. Since temporarily hanging up his cape and hammer following Taika Waititi's Thor: Love And Thunder, the Aussie action hero has returned as Tyler Rake in explosive Netflix sequel Extraction 2, strutted his Dementus stuff in George Miller's epic Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and found time to lend his voice to a certain Optimus Prime in Josh Cooley's upcoming robots-in-disguise origin story Transformers One. And clearly the Autobot experience has been an, er, transformative one (sorry!) for Hemsworth. As reported by Deadline, the actor is currently in talks to lead Paramount's as-yet-untitled Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie.

A team-up between two of Hasbro's biggest toy lines on the big screen comes as no surprise. During the post-credit scene at the end of last year's Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts – Spoiler Alert – ex-soldier and all-round hero Noah (Anthony Ramos...

Exclusive: Chris Hemsworth is in talks to star in Paramount Pictures’ untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover movie, Deadline has learned, based on the Hasbro toy lines.

Upon finalizing the deal, this will put the Melrose Ave. lot back in business with Hemsworth who is already starring in Paramount Animation/Hasbro’s Transformers One which hits theaters on Sept. 20, 2024. That movie was one of the highest-testing Paramount Animation titles ever.

The seeds were planted for a crossover movie between the two mega ’80s Hasbro brands at in the epilogue of Steven Caple Jr.’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts last summer, a sequel which revived the robots in disguise on the big screen with a $439M — more than Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny‘s $384M worldwide take. In fact, G.I. Joe and Transformers intermingled in famed Marvel comic book back in the 1980s.

What’s clear hear, and evident following Paramount’s CinemaCon presentation,...

Chris Hemsworth is an actor of great caliber. Having made his movie debut with Star Trek, he played the role of George Kirk, the father of Chris Pine’s James Kirk. Soon after, he moved to the MCU, where he has been playing the role of Thor for the last 13 years.

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in The Avengers | Marvel Studios

The actor, along with his movies and other acting jobs, is also known for his adventurous nature. His Aussie self is often found hiking and surfing along with his family, and he loves to keep himself fit. But sometimes, this adventurous nature takes a different turn, and one such incident happened quite recently.

Chris Hemsworth and The Interview That “Ruined” His Week

Chris Hemsworth took his daring self to the next level when he became the first celebrity guest of Season 24 of the talk show, Hot Ones. Hosted by Sean Evans,...

It won’t be wrong to say that Thor’s role is Chris Hemsworth’s magnum opus. The Norse god was one of Marvel’s original team of Avengers, even forming a part of the team that took on Loki and the Chitauri in the Battle of New York.

He’s been one of the mainstays in the Industry. No wonder that he felt sad with giving his faithfuls an experience to forget in Thor: Love and Thunder. The 2022 flick failed to build on the success of Thor: Ragnarok, one of the Men in Black: International star’s biggest regret. But there is another role that gave him a lot of headache.

Chris Hemsworth was not a big fan of Thor: Love and Thunder

Chris Hemsworth was disappointed with his performance in Thor: Love and Thunder

That Thor: Love and Thunder was a shadow of Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok is no secret.

You may know him as a certain superhero, but Chris Hemsworth has a wealth of film roles that go beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After getting his big break on a TV show (the Australian soap opera Home and Away), Hemsworth pivoted to films in the early 2000s — and has only seen growing success since then. In fact, when Extraction dropped in the summer of 2020, its first four weeks saw the largest audience of any other Netflix original movie at the time.

Now, three years later, there’s even more Extraction action to stream. With Extraction 2 out now, there’s no better time to revisit some of the actor’s most memorable movie roles. From Rush and Spiderhead to Snow White and the Huntsman, these films will have you worshipping at the altar of the son of Odin.

Chris Hemsworth has made a rare remark on her brother, Liam Hemsworth’s past relationship with pop sensation, Miley Cyrus. Fans of the actors are well aware of what happened between the ex-pair, which resurfaced when the singer released the hit single, Flowers from Endless Summer Vacation (2023).

Chris Hemsworth in Extraction 2

As things settle down for a bit, the MCU actor brings the ex-couple into the limelight by mentioning their collaborative project during a lie detector test.

Chris Hemsworth’s Remarks on Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus’ Relationship

During an April 30 episode of Vanity Fair’s lie detector series, Chris Hemsworth spilled the beans on some interesting statements, including a cheeky remark on his brother, Liam Hemsworth‘s past.

Suggested“It’s been a long wait”: Chris Hemsworth Hasn’t Felt Alive Since His Last ‘Dark’ Role Till Furiosa and Sadly Thor Doesn’t Make the List

At one point,...

Chris Hemsworth felt "reinvigorated" by his role in 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'.The 'Thor' star went straight into filming the 'Fury Road' prequel after suffering a back injury while making 'Extraction 2' and didn't have time to have surgery to fix the problem but he threw himself into the project and it made him feel better.He told Vanity Fair: "I said, ‘Look, I don’t have a choice [about filming with the injury]'. And as soon as I got to rehearsals, everything lifted. I just got reinvigorated. Suffering without a purpose is awful. Suffering with purpose can be rejuvenating and replenishing. "I’d grown so tired of myself, and now I had to lose myself in a character."During the interview Chris admitted he also experienced a crisis of confidence in his Hollywood career - fearing he was not winning the roles he wanted - but the '...

Chris Hemsworth is sharing his thoughts and some regrets about his portrayal of Thor in Taika Waititi’s Love and Thunder.

“I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” he said in a new profile for Vanity Fair. “I didn’t stick the landing.”

Hemsworth also expressed frustration and dissatisfaction with the character that he played across eight films between 2011 and 2022.

“Sometimes I felt like a security guard for the team,” Hemsworth told Vanity Fair. “I would read everyone else’s lines, and go, Oh, they got way cooler stuff. They’re having more fun.”

“What’s my character doing? It was always about, ‘You’ve got the wig on. You’ve got the muscles. You’ve got the costume. Where’s the lighting?’ ” he added. “Yeah, I’m part of this big thing, but I’m probably pretty replaceable.”

However,...

Chris Hemsworth is still wincing at the reception of Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder.

The actor looked back on the goofily disappointing 2022 Marvel movie in a new profile in Vanity Fair.

“I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth said. “I didn’t stick the landing.”

The profile noted that Hemsworth feels like he owes fans another Thor movie due to the fourth film’s reception.

The 40-year-old is perhaps being a bit hard on himself (something he admits he’s prone to do), given the film’s creative direction was largely driven by its co-writer and director, Taika Waititi, who previously led the Thor franchise to what’s universally considered its best film, 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Also, while Love and Thunder might never be a fan favorite, it still grossed $760 million at the box office and has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 63 percent,...

Chris Hemsworth has expressed his disappointment at Thor: Love And Thunder, and there are hints that he may reprise the Thor role one more time.

Released in 2022, Thor: Love And Thunder didn’t do too badly for Marvel Studios – in fact, compared to 2023 offerings Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels, its $760m box office sounds downright rosy.

One person who wasn’t entirely happy with the superhero sequel, though – or at least his performance in it – was its star, Chris Hemsworth. Less than two years after Love And Thunder emerged in cinemas, Hemsworth has suggested he “didn’t stick the landing.”

Hemsworth’s comments have emerged in a glossy feature for Vanity Fair magazine – one of those pieces where the actor’s interviewed in their home surroundings with the words accompanied by pictures of them relaxing in baggy jumpers and cardigans.

Timed to coincide with the marketing build-up...

The first Extraction movie appeared in 2020. The movie was directed by Sam Hargraves and starred Chris Hemsworth; it was based on an earlier screenplay for a movie titled Ciudad, which was written by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, and Anthony Russo. The same team returned in 2023 when a sequel, Extraction 2, was released by Netflix. Both of these action movies were quite well-received and they have become fan favorites, which is why fans have been demanding a third movie, and we can now confirm that a third movie is indeed on the way, although things are still being figured out.

This piece of news was recently confirmed by the Russo Brothers, who discussed Exctraction 3, among other things, revealing some great news for fans of the series, which is definitely going to return.

Namely, our friends at GamesRadar+ had the chance to sit down for a talk with the Avengers directors at...

Guy Ritchie has been maintaining a consistent success rate with his films ever since his debut with Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. However, his recent ventures like The Covenant and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare have not fared well at the box office. The situation seems to be similar for the Russo brothers post their hit Marvel run.

Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin was a big hit for Disney in 2019

Their non-Marvel projects like Cherry and The Gray Man have not resonated with audiences. The Russos and Ritchie are returning to Disney for the live-action adaptation of Hercules. With Ritchie’s previous success with the company and the contributions from the Russos, the film can break the terrible trend that has plagued the recent Disney live-action remakes.

Guy Ritchie’s Hercules Film Can End the Terrible Streak of Disney Live-Action Remakes

The upcoming Hercules live-action film will be a modern...

Chris Hemsworth’s action extravaganza Extraction 2 premiered on Netflix to much praise after showcasing such breathtaking sequences as the one-take prison riot scene. Audiences of the sequel were treated to a cameo appearance as Thor and Heimdall reunite with Idris Elba‘s mysterious “Man in a Suit” character sending Chris Hemsworth’s Rake on a seemingly impossible mission. While it’s easy to view Elba’s brief appearance as simply a catalyst to get the movie going, Elba has recently teased that he has “unfinished business” with Hemsworth and it may be resolved in a later movie.

Collider recently sat down with Elba, who is promoting his Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off, Knuckles, and Elba teases an expansion on his mystery Extraction character. The Luther star stated,

I know that we have some unfinished business from Extraction 2 . It hasn’t been made official yet, but I’m pretty sure it will be.

Netflix added nearly 30 million global paid subscribers in 2023, though it might have watered down its hit pool in the process.

According to a new study by British streaming-data company Digital i, Netflix had fewer than half the global hits in 2023 (10) than it had in 2022 (22). Digital i defines a “hit” as an original movie or a series that was watched by at least 30 percent of Netflix’s subscriber base in North America, EU, and Latam.

The long list of 2022 Netflix hits goes like this: “Wednesday” (61.8%), “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (53.3%), “Stranger Things 4” (48.0%), “The Adam Project” (47.9%), “Knives Out 2” (45.9%), “The Gray Man” (42.4%), “The Watcher” (41.9%), “The Tinder Swindler” (38.0%), “Inventing Anna” (37.5%), “The Sandman” (35.7%), “Senior Year” (35.6%), “1899” (34.7%), “Bridgerton” Season 2 (34.5%), “Troll” (34.0%), “Enola Holmes 2” (33.7%), “Luckiest Girl Alive” (33.4%), “Harry & Meghan” (32.7%), “Hustle” (32.6%), “The Man from Toronto” (31.5%), “Purple Hearts” (31.3%), “Me Time” (31.1%), “Day Shift” (31.0%), and “Falling for Christmas” (30.8%).

Unless otherwise noted, each series above is a first season (and...

Reminiscing the past once in a while is something everyone does. That’s what Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth has been up to, and has been generous enough to let his fans have an insight into it.

Chris Hemsworth in a still from Extraction 2

The Extraction II star took a trip down memory lane, quite literally, when he visited his childhood home in the Northern Territory of Australia. Hemsworth’s carousel post on Instagram was a mosaic of heartwarming moments of the present, an echo of what had been, and what is now; thirty-five years apart.

Chris Hemsworth Visited His Roots Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder

On Sunday, April 7, Chris Hemsworth posted a carousel on Instagram from his visit to Gulin Gulin, Bulman; a place where the star spent his “earliest and happiest memories”. The community members welcomed the star warmly, all dressed in red, and...

It’s a familiar arc in movies: The person who doesn’t want the job is the best candidate for it. And so it was with Dan Lin, the producer and founder of Rideback, who this week starts his tenure as Netflix’s film head.

Lin was not looking for a new job, but then came an incoming call in early February from Netflix’s chief content officer, Bela Bajaria. According to two people familiar with the meeting that followed, Lin was blunt in his assessment of Netflix’s output: The movies were not great and the financials didn’t add up. Bajaria appreciated the honesty and, shortly after, she asked Lin if he would be open to leaving Rideback, the company the producer had spent the better part of two decades building.

Lin had been down this path before, being courted for a top studio post at a division...

David Corenswet, poised to lead the DC superhero in James Gunn’s fresh superhero universe, has sparked discussions not only for his embodiment of Kal-El but also for his striking resemblance to Henry Cavill. As fans eagerly anticipate his adventures as the Kryptonian superhero in the upcoming film, recent reports have revealed that Justin Howell has joined James Gunn’s Superman as the stunt double for David Corenswet.

Concept art for James Gunn’s Superman

Known for his work in Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction, Howell joining the movie as the lead stunt double has heightened anticipation for thrilling action sequences in the movie.

Justin Howell Joins Superman as David Corenswet’s Stunt Double

Recent reports surrounding James Gunn’s upcoming DC film have revealed that Justin Howell has joined the production as the stunt double for David Corenswet’s Superman. The movie recently started its principal photography under a new title,...

Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa is all set to be the next installment of the Mad Max franchise, with the Dune 2 alum all set to brave the desert again. While Taylor-Joy might be able to pull some audiences to the theatre, it seems that fans are more enamored by another actor who is in the film as well.

Chris Hemsworth as Dementus in a still from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Chris Hemsworth will be essaying the role of Dementus, a powerful warlord of the Wasteland, who might have become somewhat of a fan favorite. Hemsworth is being praised for whatever little of him was seen in the trailer, that too in the guise of a full-fledged villain, a stark contrast from his more heroic and straightforward roles like in the MCU or Men In Black franchises.

Fans can’t help but praise Chris Hemsworth Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga...

Anya Taylor-Joy is gearing up to seek vengeance against Chris Hemsworth in the latest trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Warner Bros. released the new footage Tuesday from George Miller’s dystopian action epic that hits theaters May 24. The fifth film in the Mad Max franchise, Furiosa is a prequel to 2015’s Oscar-winning hit Mad Max: Fury Road and stars Taylor-Joy as Imperator Furiosa, played in the previous movie by Charlize Theron.

The new film centers on Furiosa (Taylor-Joy), who is abducted in her younger years by Warlord Dementus (Hemsworth) and prepares herself to find her way back home to the Green Place of Many Mothers.

“As a child, my world was forever changed,” Taylor-Joy says in the trailer. “My mother was magnificent, and he took it all from me.” She goes on to say, “My childhood, my mother — I want them back.”

Later, Hemsworth can be heard exclaiming,...

Exclusive: Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to star in The Bluff, the Agbo Studios and Amazon MGM Studios movie being directed by Frank E. Flowers. Prime Video’s The Boys Karl Urban is in talks to star.

Flowers, who also co-wrote The Bluff, is hot off writing this past two weeks’ No. 1 hit Bob Marley: One Love, which shot past $120 million worldwide.

Set in the 19th century Caribbean, The Bluff follows a former female pirate (Chopra Jonas) who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.

The film, which is targeting a spring production start in Australia and will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, will further solidify the relationships among Amazon MGM Studios, Agbo and Chopra Jonas following last year’s debut of the global franchise Citadel. Following its April 28 release, the spy thriller...

Streaming subscription growth in the Southeast Asia region slowed dramatically in 2023, but revenue from those subscriptions grew at a robust rate, a new study has found.

The report from data analytics company Ampd, that is part of consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia, shows that the region – that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – added only 1.3 million net new SVOD subscribers in 2023, compared with 11 million in 2022. But subscription revenues grew at 12.5% to $1.4 billion.

Netflix, Viu, Disney, WeTV, iQiyi and Prime Video had more than 75% of total premium VOD category viewership and SVOD subscriptions revenues across the region, the Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics report said. Netflix remains the leader with more than 45% viewership and subscription share in 2023.

Among local services, Indonesia’s freemium sports and local-drama based platform Vidio ended 2023 with the highest amount of subscribers in Indonesia and 15% SVOD revenue share in the market, second...

After blowing audiences away with his hit ‘Extraction’ films, director Sam Hargrave has found his next high-octane action vehicle. He is set to direct an adaptation of ‘Kill Them All’ for Paramount Pictures. Based on the popular graphic novel by Kyle M. Starks, the film will be produced by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec on behalf of Saw Mill, with James Coyne adapting the script, reports Deadline.

The graphic novel follows an elite female assassin who finds out she is going to be “terminated” by the criminal syndicate she’s been loyal to and decides to take them out first. Joining forces with a hard-drinking ex-cop, she embarks on a relentless, action-packed assault through the 15 floors of the syndicate’s headquarters.

As per Deadline, her ultimate target is the Boss, with whom she has a complicated past. Since making his directing debut with ‘Extraction’, which premiered during the pandemic in...

Sam Hargrave is to direct 'Kill Them All'.The 'Extraction' filmmaker is set to helm an adaptation of the graphic novel by Kyle M. Starks for Paramount Pictures.'Kill Them All' tells the story of an elite female assassin who discovers that she is going to be "terminated" by the criminal syndicate she has been loyal to and decides that she will take them out first.She joins forces with a hard-drinking former cop and sets off on a relentless assault through the 15 floors of the syndicate's headquarters to find her ultimate target: the Boss – whom she has a complex relationship with.The movie is being produced by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec for Saw Mill with James Coyne set to adapt the script.Hargrave has been a sought-after director since making his debut behind the camera with 'Extraction' – a flick that premiered on Netflix at the...

“Extraction” director Sam Hargrave has signed on to direct Paramount Pictures’ “Kill Them All,” according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

“Kill Them All” is Paramount’s adaptation of a graphic novel by Kyle Starks. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec are producing the project on behalf of The Saw Mill from a script by James Coyne. “Kill Them All” first started out as a project launched on Kickstarter before being acquired by Oni Press. Oni Press is serving as an executive producer, with Starks stepping in as an associate producer.

“Kill Them All” centers on a hard drinking, former cop who wants his job back and the world’s greatest assassin who wants revenge. They can get both if they fight their way to the top floor of a skyscraper of crime – and if they can “kill them all. It’s like a reverse “Die Hard” except they...

Sam Hargrave has been bringing the action goods with Extraction and Extraction 2 on Netflix, and Deadline reports that he’s found his next project. The outlet says that Sam Hargrave is set to direct an adaptation of Kill Them All for Paramount Pictures.

Kill Them All will be based on the popular graphic novel by Kyle M. Starks, which follows an “elite female assassin, who, after finding out she is going to be “terminated” by the criminal syndicate she’s been loyal to, decides to take them out first. Joining forces with a hard-drinking ex-cop, she embarks on a relentless action-packed assault through the 15 floors of the Syndicate’s Headquarters. Her ultimate target is the Boss, with whom she has a complicated past.” Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are producing the adaptation, which will be scripted by James Coyne (Highlander).

Related Extraction 2 director breaks down amazing 21 minute one-shot sequence...

Exclusive: After blowing audiences away with his hit Extraction films at Netflix, director Sam Hargrave has found his next high-octane action vehicle. Sources tell Deadline he is set to direct an adaptation of Kill Them All for Paramount Pictures. Based on the popular graphic novel by Kyle M. Starks, the pic will be produced by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec on behalf of Saw Mill, with James Coyne adapting the script.

The graphic novel follows an elite female assassin who finds out she is going to be “terminated” by the criminal syndicate she’s been loyal to and decides to take them out first. Joining forces with a hard-drinking ex-cop, she embarks on a relentless, action-packed assault through the 15 floors of the syndicate’s headquarters. Her ultimate target: the Boss, with whom she has a complicated past.

Oni Press is serving as an executive producer, with Starks stepping in as an associate producer.

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2023 has come to a close, and it is time to take a look at the winners and losers of the year among Netflix’s Original titles.

For this review, we used our very own Cve metric after 14 days to have more titles to compare on a more equal foot, and we also used IMDb to get a sense of the most liked titles of the year.

Editor’s note: This first appeared on Netflix n Chiffres, a Substack newsletter that covers streaming SVOD viewership in detail. Any views marked with an asterisk indicate that they’re an estimated figure.

Let’s embark!

Table of Contents 1. English Language Films 2. International films. 3. Debut English-speaking series 4. Returning English-speaking series 5. International Debut Series 6. Returning International Netflix Series 7. Animated series 8. Documentaries 9. Documentary series 10. Reality TV 11. The flops of 2023. 1. English Language Films

Let’s begin with one category with some heavy hitters – Netflix’s lineup of English-language movies.

Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon is still No. 1 on Netflix.

In its first full week on the streamer, the first part of Snyder’s science-fiction epic racked up 34M views, making it first among the English-language film list from December 25 to 31 — and the most-watched title on the streamer. Add that to the 29M views that the film managed in its debut weekend, and Rebel Moon currently stands at around 63M views for 10 days of availability.

It’ll need to nearly triple that viewership in the next 80 or so days in order to make it among Netflix’s most popular films of all time. Rebel Moon is off to a fine start, though it’s likely the streamer was hoping for a stronger full week of viewership, considering there’s another installment and a director’s cut coming down the pipeline. For reference, Extraction 2, which is currently No. 10 on Netflix’s most popular film list,...

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What a year it has been for the biggest streamer in the world.

While the first half of the year was largely known for its widely seen star-studded critical failures, the second half of the year brought many successes. From a hit franchise blockbuster to multiple awards season contenders, Netflix’s year in films was turned around completely and may help them garner some hardware as we march towards the Oscars in March.

While this list may not represent the most-watched films of the year, I believe these to be the best Netflix had to offer over the past 12 months.

So, without further ado, here are my Top 5 Netflix Original Movies of 2023.

Please note that this author has not seen Best International Feature contender, Society of the Snow, as it will not be on Netflix until 1/4/24. This list will also not consider the Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl short...

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Zack Snyder’s big-budget fantasy movie was released last week, and the initial viewership results from Netflix are mixed with all eyes now on how this will develop in the next few weeks.

Every Tuesday, Netflix publishes its top 10 data, providing a snapshot of the 40 top-performing titles for the week. This data is categorized into Films and TV, further divided into English and non-English language segments.

Beating out Leave the World Behind in the period from December 18th to December 24th, the movie garnered 54.10 million hours viewed in its first three and a bit days on the service. Netflix uses a “views” metric, referred to as Completed Viewing Equivalents (Cve), which divides the hours watched by the runtime. This calculation results in 23.9M views.

According to Netflix’s press release for the week, the film’s performance is described as follows:

“Zack Snyder’s wholly original science fantasy...

Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire took over the Netflix throne in its debut week.

After premiering on December 22, film managed 23.9M views in just a few days on the service. That made it No. 1 among English-language films from December 18 to 24. All eyes will be on Rebel Moon over the next few weeks to see if it can make it onto Netflix’s most popular film list. It’ll need to beat out the current tenth place film, Extraction 2, which racked up just under 135M views in its premiere window.

Speaking of films that are inching their way to the most popular list, Leave the World Behind is also up there. In second place this week, Sam Esmail’s apocalyptic thriller drummed up 19.7M views. That puts it past 100M views in its first three weeks on the streamer. The film has until mid-February...

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In case you missed it, Triple Frontier was released on Netflix in March 2019. The big-budget action movie starred Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Adria Arjona, and Pedro Pascal, who played former special forces operatives uniting to steal a drug lord’s fortune. Now, nearly five years later, it looks like a sequel might be on the way.

The movie did relatively well for Netflix despite not being a slam dunk by any stretch. Rumors of a sequel have circled for years, but this year, it looks like plans have been put in place for a sequel.

Our sources told us that development began on Triple Frontier 2 just before the strikes began in May 2023, and midway through the strikes, we got told that the plan was to continue with development following the end of the strikes, which thankfully came to an end in November.

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Welcome to your weekly rundown of the biggest stories from Netflix’s top 10 hourly figures drop for the week ending December 10th, 2023. Lots to cover again this week with titles covered including Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Yu Yu Hakusho, Leave the World Behind, Obliterated, Car Masters, and another look at the Big Netflix Data Dump

In case you didn’t know, every Tuesday, Netflix updates its top 10 stats page with 40 new hourly figures of the top movies and shows of the past seven days.

Note: In this report of Netflix’s hours viewed from December 11th, 2023 to December 18th, 2023, we’ll use “Complete Viewings Equivalent,” or Cve, expressed in millions. That means we divide the hours viewed announced by Netflix by the runtime of films or series. It allows for better comparisons between films and series, but it’s not an audience metric. It is the minimum number...

Audiences are still flocking to Netflix’s new apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind.

The film, directed by Sam Esmail, drummed up another 44.9M views in its second week on the streamer from December 11 to 17. It was once again top dog, easily notching another week as Netflix’s most-watched title.

Add that to the 41.7M views that the film managed in its debut week, and Netflix appears to have a hit on its hands. It’s still too early to tell whether Leave the World Behind will claim a spot on the most popular film list, though it is very possible if it keeps the momentum going through the holidays. The film has until March to surpass Extraction 2‘s 134M views in its 91-day premiere window. So, basically, viewership would have to fall off a cliff for it to get shut out from the most popular list.

Leave the World Behind...

’What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’ offers comprehensive viewing data.

Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.

The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.

Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.

The top four...

Netflix is expanding its viewership data transparency with the release of its first biannual report covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like USA Network drama “Suits” performs alongside the streamer’s originals.

The new report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report,” covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023. It includes: 1) hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period; 2) the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film; and 3) whether a title was available globally.

Each piece of that information is key here, because these findings aren’t as cut and dried as Netflix’s weekly Top 10 reports and “Most Popular” lists. For example, at the top of this report is “The Night Agent,” a series that debuted...

’What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’ offers comprehensive viewing data.

Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.

The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.

Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.

The top four...

This post contains spoilers for "Extraction" and "Extraction 2."

Back when everyone was stuck inside during the global pandemic, we apparently did nothing but stream the heck out of Netflix's 2020 actioner "Extraction." Starring Chris Hemsworth as black market mercenary Tyler Rake, the film became the most-streamed original movie on the platform, making a sequel all but certain. And wouldn't you know, Netflix churned out a follow-up in no time, debuting "Extraction 2" in 2023 and doubling down on the unrelenting action sequences of the first movie. Whereas the first film delivered a 12-minute "one-take" sequence, the sequel featured a full 21 minutes of unbroken action as Rake battled his way out of a Georgian prison, taking down innumerable thugs and a few helicopters on his way.

Despite the fact that "Extraction 2" was an exhausting and dour return to the world of Tyler Rake, it clearly managed to rake in (sorry) the...

Over the years, Hollywood has made some very bad movies on a huge budget but Director Scott Waugh has topped all that. Expendables 4 (known as “Expend4bles“) has a $100 million budget but as you start watching the film you begin to realize that the movie has a predictable story, action that looks fake, CGI that is bad and actors who are just going through the motions of making a film and collecting a paycheck. So, then the question anyone would ask is how expensive can a movie like this be? There is a huge mismatch as a $100 million budget movie should be way better in terms of quality. Expend4bles is the kind of movie that leaves a bad taste in your mouth and you hope against hope that a 5th film never gets made.

The first few Expendables movies had its appeal as it brought together A-list action stars from...

The term “guilty pleasure” should most definitely be synonymous with any content coming out of the Lifetime Network. It would not be wrong to categorize “Lifetime movies” as a particular movie genre because these movies are one of a kind. Even though they have stories that resemble the world we live in, the world of Lifetime movies is something else. Their latest, Hiding From My Husband, is no different. Even though it feels like the makers of the movie have actually put some effort into developing a proper, intriguing story at first, the movie eventually embraces its Lifetime persona and turns into something utterly ludicrous. I’m certain we all felt more guilt than pleasure while watching this one, but here is an explanation for the events unfolding in Hiding From My Husband.

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What happens is exactly what the name suggests.

Netflix has been boasting about their film slate for 2023 after a successful 2022. The streaming giant already put out such content as Arnold, a documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as an action comedy starring the legend with Fubar. The platform pushed their additional action flicks like the newly released Heart of Stone, The Mother and Extraction 2. Award season will bring such titles as The Killer and Maestro, and now Netflix is promoting a bevy of other titles in various genres for the rest of the year.

The streamer has released a list of original films that are scheduled for the fall. You can view the full list on Tudum here.

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