Originally Extraction 2 was going to film in Australia, but last Friday, the crew, which was in preparation mode in New South Wales, was informed by Netflix and producers Joe and Anthony Russo’s production company AGBO Productions that they’d be packing up shop.
New South Wales is in lockdown until September 30 in response to the COVID-19 delta variant, along with Sydney and Melbourne, which are other major filming locations in the country.
Now Extraction 2 will shoot in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, with Variety reporting that Chris Hemsworth’s schedule and the “growing uncertainties associated with shooting in Australia” paved the way for relocation.