Chris Hemsworth is taking a deep dive for Amazon MGM Studios.
The actor, last seen in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is set to star in Subversion, a submarine thriller that Patrick Vollrath will direct for Amazon MGM.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing via his di Bonaventura Pictures banner. The project is eying a production start this fall in Australia.
Written by Andrew Ferguson, the story has been 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.
Vollrath already proved his mettle with a story set in a contained environment. He made his feature directorial debut with 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a pilot stuck in his cockpit while his plane is hijacked. The filmmaker, whose live-action short film Everything Will Be Okay was nominated for an Academy Award in 2016, is repped by Gotham Group and Davis Law Group.
Ferguson’s scripts frequently land on the Black List (four times, to be exact), with one titled Blood Rush currently in development at Amazon MGM.
Subversion reunites Hemsworth with Amazon MGM as he’s also starring in Crime 101, an all-star thriller that also counts Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry and Monica Barbaro in its cast. The company is giving the feature a theatrical release in 2026. Hemsworth, who is among the cast of Avengers: Doomsday, is represented by CAA and Greenberg Glusker.
