While you probably don’t know Sam Hargrave’s name, you have definitely seen his work. That’s because he was the second unit director on Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which means he was an integral part in shaping the action sequences you loved. After working with David Leitch and the Russo brothers on those films, and spending fifteen years doing stunts and coordinating stunts on numerous other films and TV shows, he was given the chance to make his feature directorial debut on action thriller Extraction for Netflix and AGBO – which stars Chris …

Ahead of its late April premiere on Netflix, action-packing pic Extraction is getting a good, old-fashioned preview from its star, Chris Hemsworth, and its director, Sam Hargrave. [caption id="attachment_888122" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Netflix[/caption] Hemsworth and Hargrave take you behind the scenes on filming one of the most intense, action-packed sequences in Extraction over the course of two minutes as they explain how they filmed said sequence to look like it was done in one take. Of course, the pair spill the beans right up front the sequence is actually a few different …

J.J. Abrams wasn’t supposed to direct Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, so perhaps that’s why he felt more freedom to change up his style and get a bit looser with his approach to the Star Wars franchise. Originally, Colin Trevorrow was set to direct Rise of Skywalker (and still earned a “story by” credit), but when he departed over creative differences, Lucasfilm lured Abrams back to the franchise. The Star Trek filmmaker has admitted that he felt daunted by the challenge of making The Force Awakens, with the weight of not only setting up a new …