Dave Bautista Being Targeted for Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Road House 2'
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In both the original "Road House" and the 2024 remake, the hero had to lock horns with some serious contenders. Next time? He might be dealing with Drax the Destroyer.
According to Variety, Dave Bautista of "Guardians of the Galaxy" fame has been offered a role in "Road House 2", the sequel to last year's remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal as ex-UFC fighter and hero Dalton.
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There's no word on the plot of "Road House 2" or what kind of role Bautista has been offered, though it seems likely it's the part of the bad guy.
The "Road House" remake debuted on Amazon Prime last March and attracted close to 80 million viewers worldwide in its first eight weeks. According to then-Amazon MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke, it was Amazon's "most-watched produced film debut ever on a worldwide basis."
Dave Bautista attends Amazon's Upfront 2025 Presentation at Beacon Theatre on May 12, 2025 in New York City.
Dave Bautista attends Amazon's Upfront 2025 Presentation at Beacon Theatre on May 12, 2025 in New York City.for Amazon
While "Road House" was directed by Doug Liman, Guy Ritchie has been tapped to helm the sequel. The change in director likely has something to do with Liman's frustration over "Road House" premiering on a streaming service rather than in a theater, something he expressed in interviews.
"Road House 2" will be Gyllenhaal's third collaboration with Ritchie. Gyllenhaal will star in the upcoming action thriller "In the Grey" and has already starred in 2023's "The Covenant".
Will Beall is writing the script for "Road House 2". Producers include Gyllenhaal, Josh McLaughlin, and Atlas Entertainment's Charles Roven and Alex Gartner. Ivan Atkinson is executive producing.
"Road House" is a reboot of the 1989 action classic starring Patrick Swayze. Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, an ex-UFC fighter who starts the movie living in his car and is offered a job as a bouncer. Accepting the job finds Dalton pulled into a conflict involving criminals and bikers, as well as a developer who will stop at nothing to build his resort.
Coming up for Bautista is "Trap House," in which he plays an undercover DEA agent whose teenage kids are using tactics they learned from him to rob a drug cartel.
There's also "The Wrecking Crew", Bautista's long-awaited buddy cop team-up with "See" and "Dune" co-star Jason Momoa.
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