{"id":895440,"date":"2026-10-26T17:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895440\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:12:15","slug":"keanu-reeves-to-star-in-maelstrom-at-netflix-alan-ritchson-drops-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895440\/","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves to Star in &#8216;Maelstrom&#8217; at Netflix; Alan Ritchson Drops Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/keanu-reeves\/\" id=\"auto-tag_keanu-reeves\" data-tag=\"keanu-reeves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> is set to star in the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> action movie \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/maelstrom\/\" id=\"auto-tag_maelstrom\" data-tag=\"maelstrom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maelstrom<\/a>\u201d after \u201cReacher\u201d actor Alan Ritchson dropped out of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cCarry-On\u201d filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra is directing \u201cMaelstrom.\u201d It revolves around a Federal Marshal who is guarding the fianc\u00e9e of an arms dealer who is seeking witness protection as she prepares to testify against him. Events unfold over one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking communication from the outside world and preventing reinforcements from arriving. Together, the duo has to fight the onslaught of men working for the arms deal while dealing with the natural disaster outside their window. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/26\/hollywood\/keanu-reeves-to-star-in-netflix-revival-of-die-hard-inspired-action-movie-first-pitched-in-1993\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/26\/hollywood\/keanu-reeves-to-star-in-netflix-revival-of-die-hard-inspired-action-movie-first-pitched-in-1993\/\" target=\"_blank\">Page Six Hollywood first reported<\/a> on Reeves\u2019 casting, though it\u2019s unclear why Ritchson is departing the movie. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tScreenwriter Mark Bianculli (\u201cHow to Rob a Bank\u201d) is polishing the script from a first draft by late writer Gregory Fitzpatrick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNetflix is reviving the film, which was originally sold as a spec script to Warner Bros. in 1993 by producer Jeff Robinov when he was an agent. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/1993\/film\/news\/wb-acquires-maelstrom-looks-for-windfall-109007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">At the time, Variety reported<\/a> that \u201cMaelstrom\u201d was \u201cwidely described as \u2018Diehard\u2019 in a hurricane\u201d and went for roughly $225,000 to $ 625,000. (Now that\u2019s closer to $500,000 to $1.4 million, adjusted for inflation over 33 years.) This is the first project under Robinov\u2019s new Netflix deal. The former Warner Bros. Pictures president has shepherded billion-dollar franchises like \u201cThe Dark Knight\u201d trilogy and \u201cThe Hangover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tReeves has cemented his status as an action star through franchises like \u201cThe Matrix\u201d and \u201cJohn Wick.\u201d Last year, he made his Broadway debut in \u201cWaiting for Gadot\u201d alongside his \u201cBill &amp; Ted\u201d co-star Alex Winter. He\u2019s currently in talks to lead James Wan\u2019s next movie \u201cThe Gangster, The Cop, The Devil\u201d for Paramount, and he will reprise his voice role as Shadow in 2027\u2019s \u201cSonic the Hedgehog 4.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves is set to star in the Netflix action movie \u201cMaelstrom\u201d after \u201cReacher\u201d actor Alan Ritchson dropped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,10490,204039,217],"class_list":["post-895440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-keanu-reeves","tag-maelstrom","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}