"Guy Ritchie Directs Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House Sequel"

Guy Ritchie is set to direct the sequel to Amazon MGM's 2024 Road House remake, according to Variety. Jake Gyllenhaal will reprise his role as Elwood Dalton, the ex-UFC fighter-turned-bouncer.

A sequel featuring Gyllenhaal was confirmed in May last year, shortly after the remake's successful March 2024 release. Road House garnered over 50 million views within its first two weekends on Prime, making it the most-watched produced film debut ever for Amazon MGM Studios worldwide at that time.

Liman expressed his concerns, stating, “My issue on Road House is that we made the movie for MGM to be in theaters, everyone was paid as if it was going to be in theaters, and then Amazon switched it on us and nobody got compensated. Forget about the effect on the industry — 50 million people saw Road House — I didn’t get a cent, Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t get a cent, [producer] Joel Silver didn’t get a cent. That’s wrong.”

However, Gyllenhaal noted that Amazon had been clear from the start that Road House was intended for streaming.

Road House 2 will mark the third collaboration between Ritchie and Gyllenhaal, following their work on the 2023 war film, Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, and the upcoming action thriller, In the Grey, which also stars Henry Cavill but has no confirmed release date yet.

Details about Road House 2 are limited, but it is being penned by Will Beall, known for his work on Gangster Squad, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

Guy Ritchie remains incredibly busy. He directed multiple episodes of the recently launched Paramount+ series MobLand, starring Tom Hardy, and his next film, Fountain of Youth, is set to premiere on Apple TV+ later this month.