Per THR, the new Road House will be directed by Doug Liman (Chaos Walking) with a screenplay by Anthony Bagarozzi (The Nice Guys) and Charles Mondry. Joel Silver will produce via Silver Pictures with executive producers including JJ Hook, Alison Winter, and Aaron Auch. The outlet also reports that other cast members that will appear in the movie are Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle, B.K. Cannon, Arturo Castro, Dominique Columbus, Beau Knapp, and Bob Menery.
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Liman added, “I’m thrilled to put my own spin on the beloved Road House legacy. And I can’t wait to show audiences what Jake and I are going to do with this iconic role."
In the remake, which is heavily inspired by the original, Gyllenhaal’s Dalton is a former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse. The official logline teases that Dalton “soon discovers that not everything is what it seems in this tropical paradise.” In the original Road House, directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by David Lee Henry and Hilary Henkin, Swayze played a man with a mysterious past who moves from New York to Missouri to take over security at a small town club.
Jake Gyllenhaal Had Been Rumored for the Road House Reboot
Rumors had been swirling for years about a Road House remake. Last year, it was reported that Jake Gyllenhaal had been eyed for the lead role, but nothing was officially confirmed at the time. It wasn’t clear if the plan was for him to play a new incarnation of Dalton, Patrick Swayze’s character from the first movie, or if he would be introduced as a new character entirely. We now know that Gyllenhaal is playing Dalton, though their backstories are a bit different.
