Within the immortal phrases of Keanu Reeves: Whoa.
AMC introduced as we speak that they’d given a inexperienced mild to Level Break, a brand new tv collection based mostly on the 1991 film of the identical identify, which starred Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent who goes undercover with a bunch of surfers (together with Patrick Swayze) to attempt to find a mysterious band of masked financial institution robbers referred to as the Ex-Presidents.
The press launch makes the brand new present sound like a sequel. It says that “greater than three a long time after the occasions of the unique Level Break movie, a brand new heist crew impressed by the Ex-Presidents has emerged and the FBI should depend on a mysterious ex-pro surfer with a checkered previous to infiltrate them.”
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This isn’t the primary time a contemporary Level Break has been tried. In 2015, Warner Bros. launched a remake of Level Break, with Édgar Ramírez within the Swayze function and Luke Bracey changing Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah. Whereas the 1991 Level Break stays a cult favourite, the 2015 movie bought poor opinions and really shortly light from reminiscence.
The Level Break TV collection is being showrun by Dave Kalstein (Treadstone, Quantico, NCIS: Los Angeles) and Christopher C. Rogers (Halt and Catch Fireplace, Sugar). Right here was their touch upon the information
Level Break was the film that rocked our worlds perpetually. It was this wild cinematic sermon on friendship, outlaws, and spirituality that struck our souls. As we bought older, we realized it hit thousands and thousands of individuals the identical method. Level Break is greater than only a film—it’s a method of wanting on the world. We’re so honored to be carrying this legacy ahead with Alcon, AMC, and STUDIOCANAL. We’re placing collectively a collection that may encourage audiences all over the place to hunt The Final.
The primary season, which is able to include eight episodes, goes into manufacturing subsequent yr.
