The success of the 2024 Road House film starring Jake Gyllenhaal has spawned a sequel, and this movie will see Guy Ritchie in the director’s chair.
The 2024 movie was a remake of the 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze. Gyllenhaal has taken on playing Swayze’s character, Dalton, a bouncer at the titular Road House who brings carnage when, in the 2024 version, he seeks revenge against an evil real estate developer who, with help from his henchmen, burns down his favorite used bookstore. (The ending also involves someone getting murdered by a taxidermized polar bear. Did I mention this film takes place in Florida?)
We don’t have details yet on the plot for the sequel, though according to The Hollywood Reporter, Ritchie has taken over the helm from the first movie’s director, Doug Liman, after Liman got into a public argument with Amazon MGM Studios about his film not getting a theatrical release.
Gyllenhaal and Ritchie have worked together previously, most recently on the war drama, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. No news on when the sequel will go into production, but if you want to see something new from Ritchie before then, you have the persuasively silly Fountain of Youth on Apple TV+ to look forward to.