''Road House'' is an upcoming American

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directed by Doug Liman, from a screenplay by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. It is a reimagining of the 1989 film of the same name. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, J. D. Pardo, Arturo Castro and Billy Magnussen. Joel Silver produces the film, as he did the original. ''Road House'' world premiere is scheduled for March 8, 2024, at

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as the opening night film, and it is to be released by

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via

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on March 21, 2024.

Premise

A former

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fighter ends up working at a roadhouse in the

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where things are not as they seem.

Cast

Production

Development

In November 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures began development on the film with Rob Cohen directing and Michael Stokes writing. In September 2015, Cohen and Stokes had vacated the project while Ronda Rousey was cast in the lead role. Filming was projected to begin sometime the following year. The next month,

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boarded the film as writer and director. The project was put on hold until November 2021, when MGM began another attempt, with Jake Gyllenhaal set to star and Doug Liman to direct. The studio prioritized the film despite Gyllenhaal and Liman's commitments to ''

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'' and ''Everest'', respectively. A search for a new writer began to revise a previous draft by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. By August 2022, Sheldon Turner had turned in a rewrite of the script. Ultimately, Bagarozzi and Mondry received final screenplay credit, with story credit given to the duo and the original's story writer David Lee Henry.

Casting

The project was officially greenlit in August 2022 by Amazon Studios, which had purchased MGM five months earlier. Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Conor McGregor, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Lukas Gage, Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle,

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, Arturo Castro, Dominique Columbus,

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and Bob Menery were added to the cast alongside Gyllenhaal. Joaquim de Almeida,

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, Kevin Carroll and J. D. Pardo were added to the cast later in the month. In June 2023, Jessica Williams revealed she has a role in the film.

Filming

Filming began in the

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on August 23, 2022. On March 3, 2023, Gyllenhaal shot a scene with former

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fighter Jay Hieron following the ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC 285 at

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. The scene was done in front of fans who attended the weigh-ins and included UFC president

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, play-by-play announcer

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and other regular UFC event personnel. A walkout scene with Gyllenhaal was filmed during an intermission in the event.

Music

Volker Bertelmann was to compose the film's score. In January 2024, it was announced that Bertelmann left the project, with Christophe Beck being the new film composer.

Release

''Road House'' is set to have its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2024 as the opening night film, and is scheduled to be released in the United States via streaming on

on March 21, 2024. Liman wrote an editorial piece in ''

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'' lambasting Amazon for bypassing a theatrical release for the film after they purchased MGM and announced a $1 billion investment to release 12–15 films a year theatrically. He wrote that he would not be attending the film's premiere at SXSW in protest.

References

External links

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