ROAD HOUSE 2 Circles Dave Bautista

Road House 2 is shaping up with reports of actor Dave Bautista being eyed for a role, according to Variety’s Mark Malkin on Friday. Will Beall is penning the script with Jake Gyllenhaal and his The Covenant director Guy Ritchie pairing up for the sequel to last year’s Prime Video streaming hit.

Road House revamped the original 1989 action thriller starring Patrick Swayze, with the Gyllenhaal-led film directed by Doug Liman (Edge Of Tomorrow). The new film follows Dalton (Gyllenhaal), a struggling ex-MMA champion hired to help bring order to a disorderly bar in the Florida Keys, only to get roped into a violent tit-for-tat with goons led by a devious rich land developer looking to upend the bar and build his lavish resort.

There was a good deal of upheaval surrounding the film in the months leading up to its release. As for the film, some liked it, some didn’t, but apparently enough people watched it that it’s now brimming with sequel progress and the potential addition of another well-known to the mix of Dalton’s stoic and violent world.

Read more at Variety.

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