Gerard Butler Offered Lead Role In POINT BREAK Remake

THR is reporting that Scottish actor Gerard Butler (Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is being courted for a lead role in the Point Break remake. Butler would take on the Bohdi role, originally portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the film directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty). The remake was written by Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Total Recall, Law Abiding Citizen, Salt, Street Kings) and directed by cinematographer Ericson Core (Daredevil, Fast And Furious).

Instead of focusing on a small group of Californian surfers, it will be set within the world of international extreme sports. The lead characters will keep their original names, an actor for the role of undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah (previously played by Keanu Reeves) hasn't been flushed out yet.

 While I'm not a hundred percent on board for this remake, casting an action star who can actually surf is good starting point. Gerard is currently shooting Gods of Egypt and will be taking on London Is Falling afterwards, Break will begin production sometime this summer.


SOURCE: THR

Point Break Reboot On The Way

Alcon Entertainment the company who recently put together a Blade Runner sequel/prequel with Ridley Scott attached to direct is moving on another project. TheWrap reports that they are quickly putting together a Point Break reboot with Warner Bros. The iconic 90's actioner focused on a elite group of seasonal bank robbers who turn out to be a tribe of local surfers and an FBI agent goes undercover to take them down. It was directed by a young Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) and she knocked the action world on it's ass. Showing that even women can make solid adrenaline/testorone fueled action flicks.

This new version will update the original by replacing surfers with international extreme sports. I'm getting terrible chills of xXx memories with this plot point. There had been a sequel in the works but was nixed when Patrick Swayze died recently. Point Break has a special place in my heart as it was one of the early action films I saw growing up and it holds up pretty well today. Alcon is a decent company and I trust them with Blade Runner, so anything could happen at this point. Kurt Wimmer (Total Recall) has written the new script so it could be interesting depending on the director who takes it on. Since most of the material from Wimmer has been hit and miss.