Guy Ritchie Directs Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House Sequel

Guy Ritchie is set to helm the sequel to Amazon MGM's 2024 Road House remake, with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his role as Elwood Dalton, the ex-UFC fighter turned bouncer, according to Variety. The sequel was confirmed back in May last year, shortly after the original's successful March 2024 release on Prime, which garnered over 50 million views in its first two weekends. This made it the most-watched produced film debut for Amazon MGM Studios on a global scale at the time.

The 2024 Road House was directed by Doug Liman, known for films like The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow, and Swingers. However, Liman expressed his dissatisfaction with the film's streaming release, 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." Despite this, Gyllenhaal clarified that Amazon had always intended Road House for streaming.

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

Details on Road House 2 are sparse, but the script 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 busy, having directed multiple episodes of the newly launched Paramount+ series MobLand, starring Tom Hardy, and his next film, Fountain of Youth, is scheduled to premiere on Apple TV+ later this month.