“Point Break” remake really happening

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:32:00 +0000

In what might be the least anticipated remake in all of film history, the "Point Break" project is moving forward.

In 2011, Alcon Entertainment said it would remake Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 film about FBI agents undercover as surfers. On Wednesday, the company announced that the project has a director, Ericson Core, whose credentials include "Fast and the Furious" (albeit as a cinematographer) and the 2006 Mark Wahlberg football film "Invincible."

In 2011, producer Andrew Kosove told IndieWire that the remake will have "elements of the original," adding: "It's not just surfing, it's other kinds of extreme sports, but surfing is very, very prominent in the story."

It remains to be seen if a group as memorable as Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey and Anthony Kiedis can be cast. (Spoiler: It can't).

Interview: Keanu Reeves on “the end of film”

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Very often the second and third chapters of Hollywood careers are the most interesting, and that seems to be the case with Keanu Reeves in middle age. If his iconic science-fiction role as the universe-saving Neo in the “Matrix” trilogy marked the apex of Reeves’ career as a leading man – which went clear back to “River’s Edge” and the “Bill & Ted” movies in the late '80s – the conclusion of that series launched him onto a new and complicated trajectory. Most of his roles in the last decade have come in small independent projects, from Mike Mills’ “Thumbsucker” to Richard Linklater’s “A Scanner Darkly” to Rebecca Miller’s “Private Lives of Pippa Lee” and Malcolm Venville’s “Henry’s Crime” (which Reeves co-produced).

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“Point Break” remake really happening

Interview: Keanu Reeves on “the end of film”