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Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House Reboot Movie Officially Confirmed
The Road House movie reboot from Jake Gyllenhaal has officially been confirmed as Amazon picks up the rights to the project. The original action film centered on Patrick Swayze's James Dalton, a cooler at a small town Missouri bar who comes up against a corrupt businessman looking to use the bar for illegal means. Alongside Swayze, the cast for Road House included Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch, Ben Gazzara, Kevin Tighe, Red West and Jeff Healey.
Helmed by Rowdy Herrington on a script from David Lee Henry and Hilary Henkin, Road House scored largely mixed-to-negative reviews upon release, with praise directed towards Swayze's charismatic lead performance while criticism was directed towards its hammy plot. In spite of the mixed reception, Road House proved to be a box office hit, grossing over $61 million against its $15 million production budget and has gone on to become a cult hit, grossing over $203 million through its various home media releases. With this large following, various efforts to keep the Road House property alive have come and gone in the three decades since the original film's release, and now a new attempt is moving forward.
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Amazon has acquired Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House movie reboot, officially confirming the project's development. In addition to picking up the film, a full cast has been set for the reboot, including The Suicide Squad's Daniela Melchior, Game Night's Billy Magnussen, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Lukas Gage, Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle, B.K. Cannon, Arturo Castro, Dominique Columbus, Beau Knapp and Bob Menery. Edge of Tomorrow's Doug Liman is helming the Road House movie reboot on a script from The Nice Guys' Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.
In addition to unveiling the cast for the film, the first plot details for the Road House movie reboot have been revealed, describing Gyllenhaal's central character as a former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer at a "rough-and-tumble" roadhouse in the Florida Keys who eventually discovers "not everything is what it seems." This synopsis point towards a major change from Swayze's Dalton in the original Road House, with his fan-favorite character having had a mysterious past, outside of having graduated from New York University with a degree in Philosophy. While the change in character backstory may worry some about other changes being made to the original Road House movie formula, it does also indicate the team behind the reboot are looking to make their own mark on the franchise.
Though the original has a cult following, the more mixed critical reception to it does open the door for the Road House movie reboot to learn from its predecessor's mistakes and make a film that appeals to both reviewers and fans alike. The recently released Top Gun: Maverick is a prime example of a cult favorite action movie making a comeback on the big screen years after its predecessor and improving upon the flaws of its predecessor, earning the Tom Cruise sequel an impressive 96 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, a rare 99 percent approval rating from audiences and becoming both the highest-grossing film of 2022 and Cruise's highest-grossing film of all-time with over $1.3 billion. While audiences await further details on the reboot, they can revisit the original Road House streaming on Fubo now.
