‘Road House’ remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal to be set in Florida
Amazon Studios has announced that Jake Gyllenhaal will star in a reboot of the 1989 cult classic “Road House.”
According to Variety, Gyllenhaal will play Dalton, a former UFC fighter who takes a job working as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse and “discovers that not everything is what it seems in this tropical paradise.”
Doug Liman, best known for directing “The Bourne Identity,” “Swingers,” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” will direct the action movie.
“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,” Liman told Deadline.
The movie will go into production in the Dominican Republic later this month and will also star Billy Magnussen, Daniela Melchior, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Lukas Gage.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Amazon said that the project would be a new take on the iconic 1989 movie where the late Patrick Swayze played a zen “cooler” James Dalton in a rough and tumble small town in Missouri.
“Road House is a homerun for us. Not only is it a nod to fans of the original, but it is also a big, fun, broad audience movie,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, to Deadline.
Here are some photos of actor Jake Gyllenhaal through the years.
2001: Actors Jake Gyllenhaal (left) and Marley Shelton attend the premiere of the film "Bubble Boy" on August 23, 2001, in Hollywood, California.
2002: Actress Jennifer Aniston and actor Jake Gyllenhaal attend the premiere of their movie "The Good Girl" on January 12, 2002, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
2003: Actress Kirsten Dunst and actor Jake Gyllenhaal arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala sponsored by Gucci on April 28, 2003, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
2004: Actors Scarlett Johansson and Jake Gyllenhaal speak on stage at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards at the Sony Pictures Studios on June 5, 2004, in Culver City, California.
2005: Maggie Gyllenhaal (left) and Jake Gyllenhaal (right) pose with their parents on the red carpet for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) gala screening of the film "Bee Season" on September 11, 2005, in Toronto.
2006: Jake Gyllenhaal, winner of actor in a supporting role for "Brokeback Mountain," and presenter
Charlize Theron pose backstage in the Awards Room at The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 19, 2006, in London.
2007: Actors Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal attend a photocall for the movie "Rendition" during Day 4 of the 2nd Rome Film Festival on October 21, 2007, in Rome, Italy.
2009: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal presents the first look at "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" onstage during Spike TV’s seventh annual Video Game Awards at the Nokia Event Deck at LA Live on December 12, 2009, in Los Angeles.
2010: Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal arrive at the 82nd annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010, in Hollywood, California.
2011: Actors Michelle Williams and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the 49th annual New York Film Festival premiere of The Weinstein Company’s "My Week With Marilyn" at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on October 9, 2011, in New York City.
2012: Actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the The Hollywood Reporter and Samsung Galaxy SIII private Hamptons screening of Open Road Films’ "End of Watch" at Goose Creek on August 19, 2012, in East Hampton, New York.
2013: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal arrives at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on November 16, 2013, in Hollywood, California.
2014: Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014, in New York City.
2015: Actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California.
2016: Jake Gyllenhaal attends the premiere of "Nocturnal Animals" during the 73rd Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 2, 2016, in Venice, Italy.
2017: Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the 31st American Cinematheque Award Presentation Honoring Amy Adams at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 10, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.
2018: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the NY Special Screening of Netflix’s "The Kindergarten Teacher" at Crosby Street Hotel on October 9, 2018, in New York City.
2019: Tom Holland (left) and Jake Gyllenhaal attend Fan Fest, the fan-meeting event of "Spider-Man: Far From Home," on June 30, 2019, in Seoul.
2020: Jake Gyllenhaal attends a Palo Alto Networks dinner to discuss the role cybersecurity plays in Hollywood today at the Virgin Hotels on February 25, 2020, in San Francisco.
2021: Jake Gyllenhaal attends the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 2021, in New York City.
2022: Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanne Cadieu attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California.
