‘Youngblood’ Feature Reboot Is Happening With Aircraft Pictures & Dolphin Entertainment
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Oscar- and Emmy-nominated production company Aircraft Pictures and Dolphin Entertainment have teamed for a reboot of 1986 hockey drama Youngblood.
Cameras have just rolled on the movie in Hamilton and Barrie, Canada, with Hubert Davis (The Well, Black Ice)directing. Youngblood follows hockey prodigy Dean Youngblood, who joins the Hamilton Mustangs and discovers he must face off against toxic behavior on the ice and within himself to fulfill his potential as professional hockey player.
The original MGM movie, a cult classic, starred Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in the latter’s feature film debut.
Lowe and Reeves aren’t on the bench to return. The cast will include Ashton James (Boxcutter, Revenge of the Black Best Friend) as Dean Youngblood, Blair Underwood (Longlegs, Deep Impact, LA Law) as his father Blane Youngblood, Shawn Doyle (The Expanse, Fargo, Big Love) as Coach Chadwick, Alexandra McDonald (Night Blooms, Testament) as Jessie Chadwick, Henri Picard (The Dishwasher, For Those Who Don’t Read Me) as Denis Sutton, Donald MacLean Jr. (Workin’ Moms, Nurses) as Carl Racki, Olunike Adeliyi (The Expanse, Workin’ Moms) as Ruby Youngblood, Emidio Lopes (Painkiller, The Changeling) as Kelly Youngblood, and Tamara Podemski (Outer Range, Reservation Dogs) as Ms.
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