Jake Gyllenhaal, Doug Liman in talks for ‘Road House’ remake

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studio MGM is in discussions with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and filmmaker Doug Liman for the remake of 1989 film “Road House”.

According to Variety, the highest executives of MGM see the venture as a precedence for the studio.

They are in lively talks with each Gyllenhaal and Liman.

The unique motion movie, directed by Rowdy Herrington, featured late actor Patrick Swayze as James Dalton, a cooler at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small city in Missouri from a corrupt businessman.

The film additionally featured actors Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliott.

Gyllenhaal, who most just lately starred in Netflix thriller “Guilty”, has a variety of tasks in his kitty, together with Guy Ritchie’s Afghanistan War thriller ‘The Interpreter’, “Prophet” and “Combat Control”.

He will subsequent characteristic in Michael Bay’s “Ambulance”.

Liman just lately directed the heist film “Locked Down”, which was impressed by the worldwide Covid-19 lockdowns.

He is creating a brand new movie with famous person Tom Cruise that would be the first main studio movie to shoot in house.

He may even direct the upcoming journey movie “Everest”.