The “cooler” will return, as a sizzling new rumor lastly presents an replace on the extremely anticipated motion film sequel, Highway Home 2. Whereas Amazon didn’t launch something in regards to the undertaking throughout CinemaCon, a brand new report claims that none aside from Snatch and The Gents director Man Ritchie
is now in talks to helm the film, taking on from the primary outing’s Doug Liman, with Will Beall (Aquaman, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die) penning the script. Coming courtesy of Puck Information, this could see Ritchie reunite with each Prime Video and Highway Home star Jake Gyllenhaal following the 2023 warfare film, The Covenant.
Launched final yr and directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Id, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) from a screenplay written by Anthony Bagarozzi (The Good Guys) and Charles Mondry (Doc Savage), Highway Home stars Jake Gyllenhaal
as Elwood Dalton alongside UFC champion fighter Conor McGregor, Billy Magnussen (The Many Saints of Newark), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Gbemisola Ikumelo (A League of Their Personal), Lukas Gage (Euphoria), Hannah Love Lanier (The Tiny Mighty Membership), Travis Van Winkle (You), B.Ok. Cannon (Why Girls Kill), Arturo Castro (The Terminal Checklist), Dominique Columbus (Ray Donovan), Beau Knapp (The Misplaced Image), and Bob Menery (Billions).
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Reimagining the 1989 Patrick Swayze cult basic for contemporary audiences, Highway Home follows Gyllenhaal as ex-UFC fighter Dalton, who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse…solely to find that this paradise is just not all it appears.
‘Highway Home’ Was a Knockout for Prime Video
The Highway Home remake was an enormous hit for the streaming service when it controversially landed on Prime Video again in March final yr. The motion film attracted a record-breaking 50 million worldwide viewers over its first two weekends which, in keeping with the studio, making Highway Home the “most-watched produced movie debut ever on a worldwide foundation.” Nonetheless, it was met with combined evaluations from each critics and audiences alike. Highway Home now stands at a “recent” score of 60% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes alongside 52% from audiences on the Popcornmeter. “Highway Home updates a cult basic for a brand new technology, fortunately replicating the unique’s emphasis on tacky brawn over narrative brains,” the critics’ consensus reads. In the meantime, audiences discovered the remake to generally be “so dangerous it is good,” however largely discovered the motion outing disappointing on account of “uneven appearing” and a “ridiculous story.”
Highway Home 2 was formally introduced in Might 2024, with experiences on the time confirming that Jake Gyllenhaal will return to reprise the lead function of former UFC fighter, Dalton. Whereas the acclaimed actor and Oscar-nominee has but to disclose a lot in regards to the follow-up, he has teased the way it will enhance on its predecessor. By going larger. “All I do know is that I am very enthusiastic about it,” he mentioned, earlier than revealing that Highway Home 2 guarantees to be “expansive, and it is going to be larger.”
Whereas it was assumed that Conor McGregor would return because the villainous Knox, whose comeback was teased in a mid-credits scene on the finish of the primary film, the previous fighter-turned-actor has now develop into a much more controversial determine than he was earlier than after being discovered responsible of sexual assault in a civil case introduced by Nikita Hand, who accused him of raping her at a Dublin resort in December 2018.
Supply: Puck Information
Highway Home
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- Launch Date
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March 21, 2024
- Runtime
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121 Minutes
