Chris Hemsworth is one of the most in-demand action stars in Hollywood,
and his exhilarating performance as Tyler Rake in Extraction proves exactly why he's on top
of the entertainment world. In the film, which was written by Joe Russo and directed by Sam Hargrave,
Hemsworth keeps you on the edge of your seat during his intense fight scenes, while he also
delivers on some incredibly poignant emotional moments that make the movie all the more powerful.
"Children?”
“Yeah, a son.”
“Where is he?”
“He died a few years ago."
He can do drama, he can do comedy, and he can definitely do action,
so it's probably no surprise that Chris Hemsworth has kept himself
quite busy ever since the film's chart-topping debut last spring.
In addition to launching his own fitness brand, helping Thor: Ragnarok director Taika
Waititi do virtual readings of children's books, engaging in a fun fake feud with Ryan Reynolds,
and participating in charity efforts with his fellow Avengers,
Hemsworth has been very busy bulking up his filmography even further over the last few months.
Here's a look at what Chris Hemsworth has been up to since Extraction.
In early December, Chris Hemsworth shared a photo of himself with director Joe Kosinski
and actor Miles Teller to announce that production for his upcoming film Escape from Spiderhead had
officially commenced. A brief first glimpse at the film was later revealed in January, showing that
Hemsworth is going to be as dapper as ever while driving a speedboat in this new sci-fi adventure.
The film adapts a thrilling short story by George Saunders that was first published in
The New Yorker in 2010. The story centers on a man who is avoiding prison time by participating in a
medical experiment of mind-altering serums. Birds of Prey's Jurnee Smollett also stars in the movie,
which was scripted by 6 Underground screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Chris Hemsworth also took to social media in late January to reveal the start of filming on his
fourth Thor movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, which began in Australia with a welcoming
ceremony by Indigenous Australians. Like Thor: Ragnarok, the film is directed by Taika Waititi
and will reportedly incorporate story elements from the run of Marvel's Thor comic books that
started in late-2014. Natalie Portman is expected to finally return to her role as Jane Foster in
the film and will herself wield some super powers this time around - not to mention Mjolnir itself.
"Sounds like you had a pretty special and intimate relationship with this hammer and
that losing it was almost comparable to losing a loved one." "That's a nice way of putting it."
Thor: Love and Thunder is also expected to put Hemsworth's God
of Thunder on a collision course with some of the Guardians of the Galaxy,
including Chris Pratt's Star-Lord and Karen Gillan's Nebula.
"Cool? Cool.”
“So cool."
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie will also return for the film,
and Christian Bale has joined the cast as the villain Gorr the God Butcher. There are also some
reports that Matt Damon might return for Love and Thunder after making a hilarious cameo in Thor:
Ragnarok as an actor who portrayed Loki in a stage rendition of Thor: The Dark World.
"I'm a trickster. Yes, so mischievous."
We'll have to wait to see if that rumor comes to fruition.
As if he isn’t busy enough, the actor has also been working on preparing his body
for some time inside the ring for an upcoming biopic about the iconic wrestler Hulk Hogan.
The film will be helmed by Joker director Todd Phillips from a script by Scott Silver,
and it is expected to follow Hulk Hogan's rise from an amateur fighter in the late '70s
into one of the most marketable faces in the World Wrestling Federation in the '80s.
Hemsworth teased some of the ways he's been preparing for
the role in an interview with Total Film, saying:
"I will have to put on more size than I ever have before, even more than I put on
for Thor. There is the accent as well as the physicality and the attitude."
It's true - getting the attitude just right is crucial.
After all, not just anyone could stand toe-to-toe with actual gremlins:
"If I were you, I'd run the rest of Gremlins 2 right now. Sorry, folks. It won't happen again."
Meanwhile, upon seeing Hemsworth's fitness photos on Instagram,
Hulk Hogan himself gave him a stamp of approval in November, joking on Twitter,
"He's already there! He's ready BROTHER!!! But is he good looking enough to play me?"
In addition to the Hulk Hogan biopic,
Hemsworth has also added a few other projects to his upcoming work slate,
including a role in Furiosa, the spin-off of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road.
And best of all, Extraction 2 has been greenlit, with another explosive script by Joe Russo.
In other words, everything's coming up Hemsworth in 2021, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
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