Preview:
- Chris Hemsworth has boarded a new submarine thriller.
- Patrick Vollrath will direct the movie, called ‘Subversion.’
- It’s set to shoot this fall in Australia.
Director Patrick Vollrath is clearly a filmmaker who gets something out of movies set in enclosed spaces.
He made his directorial debut with 2019’s ‘7500,’ starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a pilot stuck in his cockpit while his plane is hijacked, and he’s now attached to a movie that will primarily be set inside a submarine.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vollrath has no less a name than Chris Hemsworth aboard that thriller, titled ‘Subversion.’
R9HG2gJZcHQhxDCyGcnY81Submarine thrillers have a long and interesting history in movies –– classics of the genre include small screen-to-movie classic ‘Das Boot,’ Tom Clancy adaptation ‘The Hunt for Red October,’ ‘U-571’ and ‘K-19: The Widowmaker.’
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What’s the story of ‘Subversion’?
Writer Andrew Ferguson, who has a number of scripts floating around the Blacklist of favored unproduced work, and has 2020 short film ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ on his resume, has cooked up the story, described as a “ ‘Die Hard’ on a submarine”-style thriller that centers on a once-promising Naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like operation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters.
Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, the man must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both in and outside of the submarine.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing via his di Bonaventura Pictures company, and the movie is setting up to start the cameras rolling this fall in Australia.
What else is Chris Hemsworth working on?
Hemsworth was recently confirmed to be returning for the next big Marvel team-up movie, ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ his name announced first among a sprawling list of veteran and more recent characters from the giant cinematic universe.
Outside of swinging Thor’s hammer, Hemsworth has been seen in the likes of the ‘Extraction’ movies, ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,’ ‘Bad Times at the El Royale,’ 2016’s ‘Ghostbusters,’ and 2012’s ‘Snow White and the Huntsman.’
Coming up for the actor is Bart Layton’s new thriller ‘Crime 101,’ which sees a detective tracking a jewel thief adhering to the “Crime 101” rules –– a strict set of guidelines for the perfect heist.
Adapted from the Don Winslow novel, the cast for that one also includes Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry and Monica Barbaro.
He’s been at work making a third ‘Extraction’ outing, with Sam Hargrave back directing for Netflix and has been linked to a couple of projects that seem to be in development limbo; the ‘G.I. Joe’/‘Transformers’ crossover that Paramount is hoping will unite two of its biggest franchises and live-action Disney movie ‘Prince Charming,’ which is on hold since the box office failure of ‘Snow White.’
When will ‘Subversion’ sail into theaters?
‘Subversion’ is under the banner of Amazon MGM Studios, but the company has yet to confirm a release date.
List of Movies Similar to ‘Subversion’:
- ‘Das Boot‘ (1982)
- ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990)
- ‘Crimson Tide‘ (1995)
- ‘U-571‘ (2000)
- ‘K-19: The Widowmaker‘ (2002)
- ‘Hunter Killer‘ (2018)
