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Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events “Carry-On” has entered Netflix’s most popular English-language films list. The action thriller reached the fifth spot Tuesday with 149.5 million views since its release a month ago, according to the streamer. “Red Notice” is currently No.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details on the plot of “Carry-On,” now streaming on Netflix. Tonatiuh wasn’t happy sitting on the sidelines watching a stunt person perform his fight scenes with Taron Egerton in the hit Netflix thriller “Carry-On.” In one sequence, the two are going at each other while tumbling down a luggage conveyer belt. “They originally hired a person to do my stunts because they don’t know me. They were just following protocol,” Tonatiuh tells me over Zoom a few days before “Carry-On” premiered on Netflix.

Carry-On is a Christmas treat for many Netflix viewers this month, but will there be a sequel? Read all we know so far below.The film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows, Black Adam) and stars Taron Egerton (Rocketman, Kingsman) as Ethan Kopek, a young airport security officer who is blackmailed into letting a nerve agent onboard a flight during Christmas Eve.Jason Bateman, Danielle Deadwyler and Logan Marshall-Green co-star in the film, which was released onto Netflix on December 13.The film was first announced in 2021 as part of a deal between Netflix and Amblin and has been written by T.J. Fixman, a former video game writer, with a budget of $47million (£37million).The film currently sits on an impressive 84 per cent critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with a lower audience rating of 59 per cent.While there has been no official word on whether there will be a second film in the Carry-On universe, many fans have speculated that it could be a real possibility given the nature of the premise.Some have pointed to the success of the Die Hard sequels as a suggestion of how well further Carry-On films could work, and Egerton himself has said he thinks it has potential.Speaking on the Today show in the US, the actor said: “It’s kind of like an extraordinary set of circumstances, so I think it would need a really innovative, creative idea to feel like a worthy idea for a sequel.

The upcoming Netflix film Carry-On is already generating buzz, with fans touting it as the new 'Die Hard'. In 2021, Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners struck a deal with the streaming giant to produce several movies.

Taron Egerton's highly-anticipated action film has finally landed a Netflix release date. Carry On sees the former Rocketman and Kingsman star as Transport Security Agency officer Ethan Kopek.