Chris Hemsworth wrapped principal photography on “Kockroach” today, and he came out of it genuinely buzzing. On Instagram, he called the experience “quite possibly the most fun I’ve had on a set.” This is a man who spent years suiting up as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That bar is not low.
Real talk: the cast alone is reason to pay attention. Hemsworth tagged Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz in the wrap post. Egerton is the guy who played Elton John in “Rocketman” and completely owned it. Beetz has done strong work in everything from “Atlanta” to “Deadpool 2.” Those two alongside Hemsworth, with a script he called wild, make for a lineup that’s hard to look away from.
And that script. Hemsworth called it “one hell of a wild script,” and that reads like genuine excitement, not PR speak. Add director Matt Ross to the picture and the description clicks right away. Ross made “Captain Fantastic” in 2016. That film earned Viggo Mortensen an Oscar nomination. Ross builds movies with real intention and he’s not someone who plays it safe. His fingerprints on a project usually mean something.
The production side shows how seriously this was taken. Cinematographer Cristian Prieto shot the film. Hemsworth’s post tagged the Widelux camera format, a panoramic film camera with a devoted following in cinematography. Using a Widelux is a deliberate call. It signals a team that cared about giving the film a specific visual identity, not just pointing a camera.
Hemsworth’s run of work beyond the MCU has been building real momentum. He helped turn “Extraction” into a franchise that actually delivered. He showed up in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and fully committed to the theatrical energy of that world. “Kockroach” sounds like that same kind of move. An interesting project taken for the right reasons.
Egerton brings real emotional range to every role. Beetz has a screen presence that’s hard to miss. Put those two with Hemsworth, hand them a script someone called wild, and put Matt Ross in the director’s chair. The upside on that combination is genuinely high.
No release date has been set. The wrap announcement doesn’t reveal much about the story itself. But the energy coming off that post suggests the team walked away feeling genuinely good about what they built. Sometimes that early signal is the most honest one there is.
A cast this strong, a director this intentional, and a lead actor saying it was the most fun he’s ever had. “Kockroach” is one to watch.
