There are plenty of issues to grumble about on the subject of fashionable Hollywood, however one factor that annoys me greater than most is how easy and boring film titles have gotten. If it is not franchise blockbusters regurgitating subtitles or movies named after their characters (even worse: people who merely go the primary identify route), it is a particular space of the business with a dearth of creativity.
It is due to this boring panorama that I might be tickled by the pun-tastic identify of a brand new submarine thriller that Chris Hemsworth simply signed on to: Subversion.
Deadline has the inside track on the growing function, which relies on a script by Black Listing veteran Andrew Ferguson (the Black Listing being an annual choice of the perfect unproduced screenplays in Hollywood). German filmmaker Patrick Vollrath, who directed Joseph Gordon-Levitt within the closed door thriller 7500, is helming the movie, going from a narrative set miles within the air to 1 set deep under the ocean.
Per the commerce, Subversion will function Chris Hemsworth as a Naval officer who finds himself in deep trouble when a blackmail scheme finds him taking a submarine stuffed with “unlawful cargo” into worldwide waters. Alongside the way in which, he has to assume on his toes and discover methods to… subvert conflicts that threaten his mission.
Amazon MGM Studios is backing the movie, and it marks a reunion between the studio and Chris Hemsworth, because the Australian actor is a key participant within the upcoming Crime 101 – a sprawling, multi-narrative function primarily based on the Don Winslow novella with an impressive ensemble that additionally contains Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Monica Barbaro, and Corey Hawkins. Co-written and directed by Bart Layton, the film will not be arriving in theaters till 2026 however would not have an official launch date but.
Coming off a 2024 that noticed him steal the present as Dementus in George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and voice Orion Pax a.ok.a. Optimus Prime within the animated Transformers One, Hemsworth is staying fairly busy. Along with making Crime 101 and growing Subversion, he’s additionally quickly reprising a few of his hottest characters. He has been confirmed as a part of the ensemble that’s being introduced collectively for Avengers: Doomsday, returning as Thor for the primary time since 2022’s Thor: Love And Thunder, and he’s additionally reteaming with director Sam Hargrave to play Tyler Rake once more in Extraction 3.
Given Hemsworth’s busy schedule, it is unclear precisely when he’ll have time in his schedule to make Subversion (there isn’t a point out of a deliberate begin of manufacturing within the commerce report), but when/when the movie does get made, I am protecting my fingers tightly crossed that no one suggests a title change.