Netflix’s Extraction franchise has finally made it to NSW, with a third instalment starting production on the state’s South Coast with Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba and Golshifteh Farahani.
Directed by Sam Hargrave from a screenplay by David Weil, Extraction 3 will be filmed across the South Coast and Sydney until September with support from the Australian Government’s Location Offset and the Made in NSW Fund via Screen NSW, with the expectation it will create 450 local jobs and contribute an estimated $127 million to the state’s screen industry and broader economy.
Plot details are still under wraps for the film, which picks up after 2023’s Extraction 2, where mercenary Tyler Rake (Hemsworth) was recruited by a mysterious handler (Elba) on behalf of Tyler’s ex-wife, Mia, to rescue her sister Ketevan and her children from a violent Georgian prison. Initially due to film in Sydney in 2021, Netflix relocated the sequel to Europe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a source close to the production attributing the decision to Hemsworth’s tight schedule ahead of Furiosa, coupled with the logistical risk of moving cast and crew into regional NSW under pandemic restrictions.
Extraction 3 is produced by AGBO’s Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco and Ari Costa, alongside Hemsworth and Benjamin Grayson for Wild State, and Hargrave, Patrick Newall, Eric Gitter and Peter Schwerin. Steven V. Scavelli and Shelby Malone executive produce. The Extraction franchise is based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks; from a story by Parks, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo; with illustrations by Fernando León González.
Hargrave said the production was aiming to push the Extraction franchise’s action filmmaking further than before.
“We’re very much looking forward to filming the third chapter in our Extraction saga here in New South Wales,” he said.
“Our goal has always been to push the boundaries of action filmmaking, and with Extraction 3, we’re taking our biggest swing yet.”
Newall thanked the state and federal figures who had supported the production.
“We have had tremendous cooperation from [Arts] Minister [Tony] Burke, Peter Ernst, head of regional ports, Port Authority NSW, Jason Potkins, director, screen incentive sections at the Office for the Arts,” he said.
“We’ve also had help at every turn from Minister Paul Scully, MP Allison Burns, and Minister John Graham, as well as Screen NSW,” he said.
“This is a big movie, and these invaluable partners have all helped make our production here possible.”
In welcoming the production’s arrival, NSW Arts Minister John Graham said it was pleasing to see Netflix continuing screen production here.
“We welcome this high-calibre cast and crew filming Extraction 3 in Sydney, and on the South Coast. To Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Golshifteh Farahani and the rest of the team, we hope you enjoy your time in NSW,” he said.
Netflix APAC director of production policy Debra Richards said federal and state support remained critical to sustaining the local industry.
“We’re thrilled to bring Extraction 3 to life in New South Wales, working with exceptional local crews on a project of this magnitude,” she said.
“Federal and State support remains vital in strengthening the Australian film landscape and building sustainable professional pathways.”