The director of The Gentlemen will take charge of Road House 2
The very prolific Guy Ritchie will direct Jake Gyllenhaal in the continuation of the action film Prime Video, remake of the classic carried by Patrick Swayze at the time.
He is the most prolific director of the moment!
Guy Ritchie Go release a film (Fountain of Youth on Apple TV +) and a series (Mobland On Paramount +) just this month. And in stride, he will take control of Road House 2the continuation of the action film carried by Jake Gyllenhaalwhich will resume his role as Dalton for Prime Video.
This new opus marks the third collaboration between Ritchy And Gyllenhaaland the second on behalf of Amazon MGM Studios after the very successful war film, The Covenant. The director and actor appointed to the Oscars and Tony Awards also turned the action thriller together In The Graywhich will be released before the end of the year in the cinema.
The scenario of Road House 2 is signed Will Beall (Bad boys: ride gold die,, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), but the plot remains confidential for the moment.
Reboot of the cult film of 1989 with Patrick Swayzethe first Road house Version 2024 followed Dalton, an ex-combatant of MMA trying to start her life again. Despite a direct release on Prime Video last March, the film was a real card for Amazon MGM: it has accumulated nearly 80 million spectators worldwide in eight weeks, becoming according to Jennifer Salkethen president of the studio, the best launch of a film produced by Amazon in streaming.
Guy Ritchie succeeds Doug Limandirector of the first opus, who had publicly expressed his frustration in the face of the exclusively digital release of the film. In 2023, Liman entrusted to Indiewire that he had not been properly remunerated, the work having been designed for cinema before the strategy changed with the acquisition of MGM by Amazon. The streaming giant had then confirmed that the film was intended for an online release from the start.
