Prime Video has released the first trailer for director Doug Liman’s Road House reboot, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the Mister Rogers of bouncers. The original 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze is a classic, but this new film tries to do something different as Gyllenhaal is playing a former UFC fighter turned bouncer in the film. UFC champion Conor McGregor also stars in the movie.
The movie is described as an “adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic,” and the story follows ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Gyllenhaal), who “takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.” The movie looks like it will have some fun moments.
Liman will actually be boycotting the film’s SXSW premiere in protest at Amazon MGM refusing to give it a theatrical release. He said: “When Road House opens the SXSW film festival, I won’t be attending. The movie is fantastic, maybe my best, and I’m sure it will bring the house down and possibly have the audience dancing in their seats during the end credits. But I will not be there.”
In addition to Gyllenhaal and McGregor, the film also stars Billy Magnussen (No Time To Die), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Gbemisola Ikumelo (A League of Their Own), Lukas Gage (Euphoria), Hannah Love Lanier (The Tiny Mighty Club), Travis Van Winkle (You), B.K. Cannon (Why Women Kill), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Dominique Columbus (Ray Donovan), Beau Knapp (The Lost Symbol), Bob Menery (Full Send Podcast), Joaquim de Almeida (Fast X), Darren Barnet (Agents of SHIELD), Kevin Carroll (Showtime’s Let the Right One In), and JD Pardo (Mayans M.C.).
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said: “Road House is a homerun for us. Not only is it a nod to fans of the original, but it is also a big, fun, broad audience movie. We are thrilled to collaborate with Joel, Doug, and this great cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, and for them to come together to reimagine the classic MGM film as an action-packed adventure for our global audience.”
Road House is scheduled to be released on March 21st.
