Keanu Reeves is set to star in Maelstrom, a new Netflix action flick from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra, sources have confirmed to Deadline.
Reeves takes over the lead from Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson, who exited the project for undisclosed reasons. Reps for Netflix declined to comment.
In Maelstrom, a Federal Marshal assigned to protect the fiancée of an arms dealer turned witness must defend her through one brutal night as a hurricane cuts off communication, strands them without reinforcements, and unleashes the dealer’s men on their safe house.
The current draft of the script is by Mark Bianculli;
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