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Deadpool’s writers explain their Chris Hemsworth dance dreams in Spiderhead
Nothing about Netflix’s dark science fiction drama Spiderhead immediately, obviously advertises it as “from the writers of Deadpool and Deadpool 2.” The film, based on George Saunders’ grim 2010 short story Escape from Spiderhead, stars Chris Hemsworth (the MCU’s Thor) as Steve Abnesti, a pharmaceutical rep testing exotic new drugs on semi-willing convicts in the high-tech Spiderhead prison. Jeff (Miles Teller) and Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett) are prisoners who each have their regrets, but stick with the program because Spiderhead is more like a gracious island resort than a conventional jail, apart from them being guinea pigs in a series of twisted experiments. There isn’t a lot of Deadpool-style banter, laughs, or violence.