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This year’s Avengers: Doomsday will feature Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in a major role, returning the Australian star to a franchise that he has been with since its inception. However, Hemsworth has had numerous unsuccessful attempts at joining pre-existing franchises. Most recently, he delivered one of the best performances of his career in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which received positive reviews but underperformed at the box office. He was also a part of the cast of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, which fell short of box-office expectations for entirely different reasons. During the same era, Hemsworth starred in a reboot of a widely-liked sci-fi franchise with one of his co-stars from the Thor series. That movie is currently streaming in the United States on Peacock, but it won’t stick around for much longer.
The movie in question was released theatrically in 2019 to poor reviews, following a difficult production during which its director, F. Gary Gray, nearly quit. There were creative differences between the filmmaker and the producer during production, and the studio had to step in to mediate tensions and convince the director to stay on. Meanwhile, Hemsworth and his co-star, Tessa Thompson, reportedly hired personal writers to polish their lines because the script was deviating too drastically from the version they’d signed on to.
Watch the Sci-Fi Reboot on Peacock Before It's Too Late
We’re talking, of course, about Men in Black: International, the 2019 reboot of the Men in Black franchise, which was headlined by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones for the first three installments. The reboot received a 23% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Amiable yet forgettable, MiB International grinds its stars' substantial chemistry through the gears of a franchise running low on reasons to continue.” Produced on a reported budget of more than $100 million, the film grossed around $250 million worldwide. While this was enough for it to break even, the motivation simply wasn’t there to continue the franchise. The movie will be removed from Peacock on August 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
