Point Break Remake: Producers Chat, Adds Ray Winstone

On the stump for "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove took time update Collider on  Alcon Entertainment's remake of the 1991 action thriller "Point Break".

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.

Ray Winstone has joined the cast as Pappas, the role played by Gary Busey in the original according to Variety .

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 Australian actor Luke 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 who promises 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.

Johnson and Kosove said that second unit photography is indeed underway and the project is using real athletes rather than stunt people because "the stunts are way too dangerous for people who are stunt people".

Production is taking place in ten countries across the globe, although principal photography doesn't begin until June.

The script is very different from the original flick. Johnson says the only aspect that is being carried over is "the nature of the character dynamic between Utah and Bodhi and their relationship... The narrative of the movie is different. While we do have surfing in the film, it is only a subset of the extreme sports that we deal with, including free-climbing, motocross, wing-suiting and so forth."

The film will be converted in 3D, not shot in 3D due to the cameras used for the shoot need to be smaller.