Chris Hemsworth’s Netflix film Extraction was very well-received. However, a low-budget remake of the Extraction trailer has impressed everyone right from Chris to the Russo Brothers to Sam Hargrave as well as Netflix. Made by a group of young Nigerian filmmakers known as Ikorodu Bois, the video is a DIY version that stars children who use makeshift guns made of soda cans and employ other household items like brooms and toy cars and is a scene-by-scene reenactment of the trailer.
Sharing a side-by-side video on Twitter, the Ikorodu Bois wrote, “We so much love this movie and we hope @chrishemsworth and @netflix sees this remake, pls retweet.” The tweet went viral and received over 70,000 retweets and close to 2,00,000 ‘likes’, and got Chris’ attention as well who posted it on his official Instagram. He captioned the trailer, “Repost! huge shout out to these amazing young film makers @ikorodu_bois for recreating @extraction trailer shot for shot! I think your version might be better than the original !! @netflixfilm.”
Russo Brothers were so impressed that they went ahead and invited the young filmmakers to the premiere of Extraction 2. Sharing the trailer, they wrote, “This is awesome! We would love to have you guys at the #Extraction 2 premiere...DM us and we’ll get you there!
This is awesome! We would love to have you guys at the #Extraction 2 premiere...DM us and we’ll get you there! https://t.co/6eufmJMgT7
— Russo Brothers (@Russo_Brothers) June 24, 2020
The Ikorodu Bois wrote back with the words, “This would be a dream come through and this is the Day we’ve been waiting for all our lives.”
This would be a dream come through and this is the Day we’ve been waiting for all our lives https://t.co/tSXyJXl14q
— ikorodu bois (@IkoroduB) June 24, 2020
Director Sam Hargrave went a step further and applauded them for their version and wrote, “Huge shout out to these amazing young film makers @ikorodu_bois for recreating @extraction trailer shot for shot! I think your version might be better than the original !! @netflixfilm,” he wrote. Director Sam Hargrave also shared the video and wrote, “So awesome!! These amazing young filmmakers from Nigeria recreated the #Extraction trailer shot for shot. Such ingenuity!! Bravo. Link to their full-length original video on twitter in my bio. CHECK IT OUT!”
A major portion of Extraction was shot in India. Besides Chris, the film also starred Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli, David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.
(Source: Twitter/Instagram)
