Amazon’s Jake Gyllenhaal Sequel Movie Loses Guy Ritchie

Man Ritchie has exited because the director for Amazon MGM Studios‘ sequel film, Street Home 2.

Jake Gyllenhaal is ready to return after starring in Amazon’s 2024 remake function, Street Home, which Doug Liman directed. In final yr’s remake, Gyllenhaal performs Dalton, a former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer at a roadside bar within the Florida Keys.

Screenwriter Will Beall, whose current credit embody Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die, is penning the script for Street Home 2. Producers embody Atlas Leisure’s Charles Roven and Alex Gartner, together with Gyllenhaal and Josh McLaughlin for 9 Tales Productions.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in April that Ritchie had signed on to direct Street Home 2. Plot particulars for the sequel haven’t but been shared.

The Street Home franchise originated with the 1989 movie directed by Rowdy Herrington, starring Patrick Swayze. United Artists’ film collected $30 million on the field workplace ($77 million as we speak) and have become a cult favourite.

Liman made headlines in January 2024 together with his open letter expressing frustration that Amazon MGM was not releasing Street Home in theaters. Additionally starring Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen and Jessica Williams, the film made its streaming debut on Prime Video two months later, with 80 million worldwide viewers watching in its first eight weeks.

Ritchie’s most up-to-date movie, Fountain of Youth, stars John Krasinski and Natalie Portman and debuted on Apple TV+ in Could. His forthcoming options embody the Lionsgate thriller Within the Gray, which stars Henry Cavill and Gyllenhaal, and the black comedy Spouse & Canine.

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