EXCLUSIVE: The Double Deuce may finally be reopening its doors as sources tell Deadline, MGM’s Road House remake is gaining momentum with Jake Gyllenhaal in talks to star and Doug Liman in talks to direct.
When this would go into production is still TBD as Gyllenhaal is about to shoot Guy Ritchie’s The Interpreter and Liman is currently prepping his Everest pic, though insiders add, execs are already meeting with writers to rewrite a previous draft and view the film as a high priority.Released in 1989, the original film starred Patrick Swayze as, Dalton, a bouncer hired to clean up one of the rowdiest, loudest bars in Missouri, The Double Deuce.
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