Everybody knows Jeff Bezos: If he has his mind on something, he won’t stop until his objective is attained. And that’s exactly what the executive chairman of Amazon is currently doing with Jake Gyllenhaal’s much-awaited upcoming classic reboot for Road House: Letting it go directly to streaming without a theatrical release, even though pretty much no one from the official cast and crew from the movie is agreeing to it.
In fact, Bezos is so hell-bent on his decision that even Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor’s fame and one last attempt at saving their picture isn’t working to convince the billionaire for a theatrical release for the 1989 classic Road House‘s reboot.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Road House Remake Isn’t Getting Saved By Jeff Bezos
Jake Gyllenhaal‘s upcoming remake of the 1989 classic action/western Road House was much awaited by fans ever since pictures of a ripped Gyllenhaal lit the internet on fire. Directed by Doug Liman, the movie would have seen the actor playing an ex-UFC fighter who ends up working for the security of a shady Florida bar.
While this was previously expected to hit the theatres by this fall, plans seem to have been changed by Amazon MGM Studios Distribution as they pulled the plug to get the film directly released on streaming instead. Following this, reports claim that an early 2024 release on Prime Video is the new plan set by the distributing company.
However, the cast and crew for the reboot haven’t admitted defeat yet. According to Puck News (further shared by @DiscussingFilm on X), Joel Silver, Doug Liman, and Ari Emanuel (aka CEO of the company WME that represents Gyllenhaal) were so upset about Amazon not giving the film a theatrical release that they had Jeff Bezos screening the movie on his yacht to convince him:
“Jake Gyllenhaal and Doug Liman were so pissed Amazon won’t give the ‘ROAD HOUSE’ remake a theatrical release that they got Jeff Bezos to screen the film on his yacht to convince him.
The film is still going to streaming.”
Turns out, not only have Conor McGregor (who will reportedly be starring in the film) and Jake Gyllenhaal’s fame failed them, but even the attempt from the Road House remake’s crew’s side has turned into a failed attempt at trying to convince Jeff Bezos for a theatrical release for the movie instead of a direct streaming release.
Fans Are Reacting To Jeff Bezos’ Hell-Bent Decision For Road House Remake
Ever since news broke out about Jeff Bezos’ hell-bent decision for the Road House reboot to get directly released for streaming, fans have been sharing their different opinions on the situation. Some, on the one hand, are concerned about the movie and are objecting to this decision as well:
Actors and directors need to start putting theatrical distribution in their contracts.
— The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 (@BlackMajikMan90) December 1, 2023
🥲well they tried.
— Chainsaw Reacts (@ChainsawReacts) December 1, 2023
Bezos is a VILLAIN
— BOBBEY (@CalIMeDon) December 1, 2023
I fear we will only see more and more streaming services want to only have it stream on their platform and cut out the (middle man)movie theaters
Shoot Amazon is so big they could open up their own movie theater and push theatrical releases that way
— CinemaBums (@Cinema_Bums) December 1, 2023
Others, in the meanwhile, are unfazed by it and in fact, find the last part about the movie still going down to streaming funny. Here are their sarcastic remarks on it:
“The film is still going to streaming.” pic.twitter.com/3bgk9vJh4K
— Kami Anime S (@KamiAnimess) December 1, 2023
The film is still going to streaming pic.twitter.com/c7mxzHsu7m
— L Y D O N 🦁 (@Shayor19) December 1, 2023
this is a bit embarrassing I must say pic.twitter.com/uxs1ZDlkQu
— yammi (@sighyam) December 1, 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal and Doug Liman: We would like a theatrical release for the ‘ROAD HOUSE’ movie.
Jeff Bezos on his yacht: pic.twitter.com/kNvRcQm7AV
— boredjesse (@boredjesse) December 1, 2023
I guess Bezos wasn’t impressed.
— Shoot the Sh*t (@NLNShootTheShit) December 1, 2023
So far, the theatrical release of Jake Gyllenhaal’s upcoming Road House remake seems as unlikely as Jeff Bezos’ chance of changing his decisions.
