While most of you knowJoe Russoas the co-director (along with his brother Anthony) ofCaptain America: WinterSoldier,Captain America: Civil War,Avengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, he’s also a busy producer using their production company, AGBO, to bring to life a number of film and television projects. With AGBO’s newest film,Extraction, streaming on Netflix starting tomorrow, I recently spoke with the busy filmmaker about making the action thriller with directorSam HargraveandChris Hemsworth.
During the wide-ranging conversation, Russo talked about how he found the time to write the screenplay, crafting the incredible action scenes on the page, how they realized Hargrave was the right person to helm the film, why he loves the streaming model and working with Netflix, what finally got the project off the ground, why he was so impressed with Hemsworth’s performance, and more. In addition, towards the end of the interview he talked about being a voice onThe Simpsons, what the world’s reaction toAvengers: Endgamemeans to him, and recording the crowd on opening night in Westwood.
Check out what he had to say in the player below and further down the page is exactly what we talked about. Finally, if you want to check out a kick ass action movie, definitely watchExtractionthis weekend.
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Finally,here’s Joe Russo talkingabout a possibleCommunitymovie,here’s what Russo had to sayabout Tom Holland’s work inCherry, andhere’s his updateon the next three films he’s doing with his brother Anthony, andhere are updates on their live-actionadaptation of the 1977 animated seriesBattle of the Planets, as well asan animated seriesbased onMagic: The Gatheringfor Netflix anda series adaptationofGrimjackfor Amazon.
