POINT BREAK 2!

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Bodhi returns for Point Break 2

This one’s sure to put a smile on Edgar Wright’s dial.

A sequel to the undeniably cheesy yet so-shamelessly-appealing “Point Break” (1991) is in the works.

The writer of the original film, Peter Iliff, tells Channel News Asia that the new film will be set in Asia. He also announced he’d be directing the movie.

“There was some worry that re-visiting the characters I wrote back in 1987 would infuriate fans of the original chapter," confessed the L.A based-writer.

"I would like to return to Point Break because it represents my career coming full circle. The original was the first movie I ever wrote, the sequel would be my first ever directorial effort."

Though Keanu Reeves’ character, Johnny Utah, isn’t expected to return, Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi does (so, what, he never got swept up into the waves after all?).

RGM Films will produce the $30 million dollar movie.

"We are extremely excited about making the sequel to a movie that was well received and highly regarded by audiences all around the world," said RGM’s chief executive Devesh Chetty.

The new film is said to fix on ex-professional surfer who enlists in the US Navy and is recruited to track down a criminal gang based in South-East Asia.

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Point Break 2 to be filmed in Singapore?

SINGAPORE : As the man who wrote the script for the 1991 surfing-themed crime caper Point Break, considered by movie fans as a pop culture classic, you might expect Peter Iliff to shun any notion of tinkering with its legacy.

But the 49-year-old is in the process of writing and directing a sequel, tentatively titled Point Break 2, and he's looking into the possibility of shooting it here in Singapore sometime before the end of the year.

"There was some worry that re-visiting the characters I wrote back in 1987 would infuriate fans of the original chapter," confessed the gregarious Los Angeles-based screenwriter on Friday. He was in town to source for locations.

"I would like to return to Point Break because it represents my career coming full circle. The original was the first movie I ever wrote, the sequel would be my first ever directorial effort."

The 1991 movie stars Keanu Reeves as law enforcement agent John Utah who searches for a group of bank robbers led by the enigmatic Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), in California's surfing community. It was a worldwide box-office smash grossing US$105 million ($160 million).

Iliff's sequel, to be produced by Singapore-based company RGM Films at a cost of US$30 million and scheduled for release at the end of next year, will pick up Bodhi's trail as he camps out in South-east Asia on the run from the authorities. The surfing action will take place in Indonesia. Singapore and Thailand are possible backdrops.

Illiff claimed some of the original stars have been contacted and there are plans to cast Asian actors in the main roles.

Point Break was the first script he sold, and it was to director Ridley Scott in 1987, while he was waiting tables as a struggling writer in Los Angeles. But it was not until it caught director James Cameron's notice in 1988 that things started moving.

"I was pitching my story to Cameron as we went surfing at Los Angeles' Venice Beach," Iliff recalled. "We sealed the deal over a couple of fish tacos as I remember, and Cameron later introduced me to his then wife Kathryn Bigelow who eventually directed the film."

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Point Break sequel officially in the works, Point Break: Indo

Seventeen years after Point Break hit theatres, surf's up for the sequel - Point Break: Indo.

Jan de Bont (Speed) has jumped aboard to direct.

In Kathryn Bigelow's original, Keanu Reeves starred as an FBI agent casing a gang of surfing bank robbers.

The follow-up is to be shot in Singapore and South-East Asia and will take place 20 years after the disappearance of one of the surfers (Patrick Swayze).

Both the original and sequel have been written by W Peter Iliff.

Specific plot details and possible character reprises have not been disclosed.

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Swayze For Point Break 2?

Swayze For Point Break 2 The state of Patrick Swayze’s health remains something of a mystery, after the rumors a few weeks ago that he may be quite literally be on death’s door. So when news broke recently that a sequel to his surfing classic Point Break was on the way, I think everyone assumed that he would be unable to be a part of it. Well hold on.

Gossip syndicator Asian News International is passing around a story which says Swayze may try to return for the sequel as Bodhi “if his health allows.” That’s somewhat noncommittal.

What’s certain is that Swayze is currently battling Pancreatic cancer. It’s unclear exactly how serious it is, reports range from near death to minor treatment needed, but even minor cancer treatment is bound to knock you on your ass for quite awhile. To me this story feels like made up rumor-mongering, but at the moment there’s no way to be certain. In a way I hope it's true, not because I want him in the movie (who really wants this sequel?), but because it might be a sign that his health situation is less serious than some have feared.

We do know that one way or another Point Break 2 does seem to be happening. Jan de Bont is directing and the story revolves mainly around new characters. That probably means even if Swayze or his former co-star Keanu Reeves were involved, it might be little more than a cameo.

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Point Break 2 should be filmed in Bangkok!

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Cliffs on both sides Mason, what's Bohdi gonna do, Paddle to New Zealand?

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