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- Doug Liman is developing his own ‘Road House’ sequel.
- It would be based on a script by the 1989 movie’s writer R. Lance Hill.
- This would be a rival for Amazon MGM’s sequel to the 2024 remake.
Here’s an intriguing twist on the ‘Road House’ saga.
Doug Liman, who directed the 2024 remake but ended up disagreeing with studio Amazon MGM over its release on Prime Video instead of theaters (more on that below), is developing his own new ‘Road House’ movie.
That would be a completely different project from the sequel to the remake that Amazon MGM has in the works even now.
Release Date: Mar 20, 2024
Run Time: 2 hr 1 min
Budget: $85,000,000
According to Deadline, Liman has acquired the rights to R. Lance Hill’s sequel script ‘Road House: Dylan,’ which follows up the events of the 1989 original, starring Patrick Swayze as bouncer Dalton (Hill wrote that movie too).
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What happened with Doug Liman and ‘Road House’?
(L to R) Casey Affleck, director Doug Liman and Matt Damon on the set of ‘The Instigators’. Photo: Apple TV+.
Liman made a deal to direct what became the 2024 ‘Road House’ which starred Jake Gyllenhaal as a new version of Dylan, this one a UFC fighter who starts working at a roadside bar as a bouncer to stop the local thugs and corrupt businessman trashing the place.
The original plan –– and Liman’s agreement –– was for the movie to hit theaters. It tested well enough to be a sleeper theatrical hit, but Amazon decided it would be released directly to Prime Video.
While Liman and producer Joel Silver even screened the picture for Amazon chief Jeff Bezos and his now-wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos, Amazon creative execs would not yield.
There was even a PR conflict, as Liman placed a Deadline article complaining about the move, but did attend the premiere. And the movie became a streaming hit, the biggest film debut ever with a record-breaking 50 million worldwide viewers in its first two weekends on Prime Video.
This new potential sequel is fraught with its own issues, as there is disagreement over who owns the rights to Hill’s original ‘Road House’ script and anything spawned from it.
What’s the latest with Amazon’s ‘Road House’ sequel?
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in ‘Roadhouse.’ Photo: Laura Radford © Amazon Content Services LLC.
The “official” sequel to the 2024 effort is shooting now, with Ilya Naishuller taking over in the director’s chair.
Gyllenhaal reprises as Dylan alongside Dave Bautista, Aldis Hodge and Leila George. The storyline hasn’t been revealed, but expect chaotic clashes.
When will Liman ‘Road House’ sequel be on screens?
Don’t start flinging fists, but we’ll have to wait a while to see any forward movement on this one.
And there’s always a chance that it quietly goes away if Amazon MGM makes a deal… Regardless, this is certainly an interesting wrinkle.
1989’s ‘Road House.’
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