Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow's original flick remains one of the best guilty pleasure action flicks. Keanu Reeves played FBI agent Johnny Utah who goes undercover investigating a group of bank robbers called the Ex-Presidents who happen to be surfers -wanting to ride the ultimate wave. Patrick Swayze co-starred as Bohdi.
This new version though trades surfing and skydiving for "the world of international extreme sports" but we don't yet know which of those sports are going to be used as the pic's hook.
"300" and "Olympus Has Fallen" star Gerard Butler is the new version's equivalent of Swayze's role in the original while Bracey will play the Utah role that really put Reeves on the map. Both Garrett Hedlund and Nicholas Hoult were considered for the part--the studio also tested Luke Grimes, and Christian Cooke for the coveted role, while Sam Claflin was also in the mix. Bracey, who most recently appeared in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, came out on top.
The new version has been penned by Salt's Kurt Wimmer and producers Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. promise the new script "infuses the story and characters with new twists and settings".
Cinematographer turned filmmaker Ericson Core ("Invincible") is set to helm
Michael De Luca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Wimmer will also produce.
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