Road House is a 2024 American action film reimagining of the 1989 film of the same name.
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- Road House is a 2024 American action film.
- The movie was directed by Doug Liman.
- The screenplay was written by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry.
- The movie reimagines the 1989 film of the same name.
- The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, J. D. Pardo, Arturo Castro and Billy Magnussen.
- This is Conor McGregor’s feature film debut.
- Joel Silver produces the film, as he did the original.
- Road House had its world premiere for March 8, 2024, at South by Southwest as the opening night film.
- It was released by Amazon MGM Studios via Prime Video on March 21, 2024.
- Some of the scenes were filmed during the event of UFC 285.
- Ronda Rousey was originally set to star in a gender-swapped remake with Nick Cassavetes set to direct.
- The band that plays at the bar is Rockin’ Dopsie Brothers from Layfayette, Louisiana.
- This is third Road House movie, following the original Road House (1989) and its direct-to-DVD sequel Road House 2: Last Call (2006).
- Jake Gyllenhaal takes the role played in the original by Patrick Swayze. Swayze played a supporting role in Donnie Darko (2001) alongside Gyllenhaal.
- Jake Gyllenhaal underwent extensive training with renowned trainer Jason Walsh to prepare for his role as an ex-UFC fighter.
- The preparation involved a multi-leveled regimen focusing on strength, conditioning, and nutrition, highlighting Gyllenhaal’s dedication to the role.
- The filmmakers sought to innovate how fight scenes are filmed.
- The team developed a new multi-pass technique to make the brawls look more realistic, marking a departure from traditional fight choreography.
- Director Doug Liman said Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance in this film was one of the best of his career.
- Development began in 2013, with Rob Cohen attached to direct.
- The centerpiece of the production was the main roadhouse set, designed by production designer Greg Berry and then built from scratch from the ground up.
- Perhaps the greatest testament to the quality of the construction was the fact that the Road House set-including its thatched roof-withstood the force of Hurricane Fiona, which blew through the Dominican Republic filming location in September 2022.
- Daniela Melchior and Joaquim de Almeida starred together in Fast X (2023). Both actors are from Portugal.
- Director Doug Liman was drawn to the character of Dalton for being a gentle, caring person who is simultaneously lethal. This complexity made the role appealing in the re imagining of the cult classic.
- “Road House” was filmed almost entirely in the Dominican Republic, which doubled for the tropical Florida Keys. The choice of location contributed to the film’s exotic and dangerous backdrop.
- The filmmakers pulled off a casting coup by bringing UFC champion Conor McGregor into his acting debut as Knox. McGregor’s involvement adds authenticity to the film’s fight scenes and marks a significant transition from the Octagon to movie actor.
- Music supervisor Randall Poster and director Doug Liman worked to feature a variety of bands on the Road House stage, aiming to give the music its own narrative within the film.
- This approach underscores the film’s setting in the Florida Keys and adds a layer of authenticity to the roadhouse atmosphere.
- In November 2013, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures began development on the film with Rob Cohen directing and Michael Stokes writing.
- In September 2015, Cohen and Stokes had vacated the project while Ronda Rousey was cast in the lead role.
- Filming was projected to begin sometime the following year.
- The next month, Nick Cassavetes boarded the film as writer and director.
- The project was put on hold until November 2021, when MGM began another attempt, with Jake Gyllenhaal set to star and Doug Liman to direct. The studio prioritized the film despite Gyllenhaal and Liman’s commitments to Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant and Everest, respectively.
- A search for a new writer began to revise a previous draft by Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry.
- By August 2022, Sheldon Turner had turned in a rewrite of the script.
- Ultimately, Bagarozzi and Mondry received final screenplay credit, with story credit given to the duo and the original’s story writer David Lee Henry.
- Filming began in the Dominican Republic on August 23, 2022.
- On March 3, 2023, Gyllenhaal shot a scene with former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Jay Hieron following the ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC 285 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The scene was done in front of fans who attended the weigh-ins and included UFC president Dana White, play-by-play announcer Jon Anik and other regular UFC event personnel.
- A walkout scene with Gyllenhaal was filmed during an intermission in the event.
- Volker Bertelmann was to compose the film’s score. In January 2024, it was announced that Bertelmann left the project, with Christophe Beck being the new film composer.
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