The first trailer for the Road House remake dropped on Thursday morning.
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the redo of the 1980s cult classic that starred Patrick Swayze.
In this new Road House Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, who appears to be related to Patrick’s James Dalton.
He is a former UFC fighter who becomes a ‘cooler’ for a dingy bar in the Florida Keys.
Jessica Williams, Daniela Melchior (in the Kelly Lynch role) and Billy Magnussen (in Ben Gazzara’s place), star alongside actual UFC fighter Conor McGregor.
Earlier this week a new poster debuted.
Jake was seen sitting in a chair with his Hawaiian shirt open, revealing a couple of bloody gashes on his abs and his musclebound chest.
Jake Gyllenhaal bared his sculpted torso in a smoldering new poster for his upcoming remake of the 1980s classic Road House
Jake shows off his body as a UFC wrestler who ends up in Florida
Meanwhile Jake stars in the remake amid a string of boldface names including UFC icon Conor McGregor (left) and The White Lotus heartthrob Lukas Gage (right)
Jake and Prime Video jointly released the head-turning new poster on Instagram this Wednesday, with the caption: ‘Keep cool. Trailer tomorrow.’
‘Keep cool,’ was a famous line from the original movie, which bowed in 1989 to a disappointing response but has since acquired a devoted cult following.
Patrick’s co-stars included Sam Elliott as James Dalton’s mentor and Drugstore Cowboy actress Kelly Lynch as his love interest.
Acclaimed Broadway actor Ben Gazzara featured as Brad Wesley, the nefarious businessman who becomes the villain of the picture.
The soundtrack included original songs by Patrick, among classic recordings like the Doors’ Roadhouse Blues and Fats Domino’s Blue Monday.
Meanwhile Jake stars in the remake amid a string of boldface names including UFC icon Conor McGregor and The White Lotus heartthrob Lukas Gage.
Jake’s character, renamed Elwood Dalton for the remake, has a love interest portrayed by The Suicide Squad breakout Daniela Melchior.
No Time To Die actor Billy Magnusson, You hunk Travis Van Winkle and veteran Portuguese actor Joaquim de Almeida are also in the cast.
The original movie starred Patrick Swayze as New York City bar bouncer James Dalton, who winds up working at a small-town nightclub in Missouri
As he tries to keep his gruesome past shrouded in mystery, he finds himself confronted with the corrupt, violent underbelly of his new stomping grounds
The soundtrack included original songs by Patrick, among classic recordings like the Doors’ Roadhouse Blues and Fats Domino’s Blue Monday
Patrick’s (left) co-stars included Sam Elliott as James Dalton’s mentor (right) and Drugstore Cowboy actress Kelly Lynch as his love interest (center)
‘Keep cool,’ was a famous line from the original movie, which bowed in 1989 to a disappointing response but has since acquired a devoted cult following
Reset to the Florida Keys, the remake is directed by Doug Liman, whose filmography includes Swingers, The Bourne Identity and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Jake has a longtime connection to the late Patrick Swayze, having worked with him on the beloved 2001 sci-fi thriller Donnie Darko.
‘He was always so loving and lovely to me,’ Jake recalled on Good Morning America in 2022 after wrapping production on the new Road House.
‘I take that all to heart in playing the role and there are some things I take from him, but generally we made a whole new movie and I’m really excited about it.’
He acknowledged that remaking Road House was a formidable task, saying: ‘They’re big shoes to fill, but Patrick was a friend when he was here.’
Patrick Swayze died at the age of just 57 in 2009, less than two years after being diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
The new Road House will not receive a theatrical release, but will be available for streaming via Amazon Prime on March 21.
