Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are speeding towards a “Speed” reunion exactly 30 years after the film was released. The duo, who also famously co-starred in sci-fi romance drama “The Lake House,” will be back onscreen together with an untitled thriller for Amazon MGM Studios. And don’t worry, there is yet another romance component as well for this “propulsive” feature…
THR first reported the project, which IndieWire confirmed.
Plus, “Speed” producer Mark Gordon is producing — and according to Amazon, he is responsible for bringing the feature to both Reeves and Bullock. “Zero Day” co-creator and “Jackie” scribe Noah Oppenheim is penning the script, as well as producing. Gordon and Oppenheim first brought the idea for the film to Reeves and Bullock, who both went on to develop the film with them. Bullock’s Fortis Films, Reeves, Bibby Dunn at The Mark Gordon Company, and Sarah Bremner with Prologue Entertainment are also producing the film. Gordon is additionally currently producing Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “Narnia” film for Netflix.
The feature will be Bullock’s first role since “The Lost City” in 2022. Reeves has “John Wick: Chapter 5” in the works, as well as an appearance in “Ballerina.” Reeves will also be on Broadway with his “Bill and Ted” co-star Alex Winter for a production of “Waiting for Godot.”
While Reeves sat out “Speed 2,” Bullock has cited the sequel for being the reason why she does not star in franchises. Bullock told Too Fab in 2022 that she was “still embarrassed” to have led “Speed 2: Cruise Control.”
“I’ve been very vocal about it. Makes no sense. Slow boat. Slowly going towards an island,” she said of the 1997 follow-up film. Adding that her other sequel film “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Dangerous” film also was critically panned, Bullock deemed all of her sequels were “stinkers.”
“I had a ‘no sequel’ rule when I didn’t have the benefit of fighting for what I really wanted,” Bullock said to Variety at 2022 SXSW. “I feel like, in my old age, I’m learning to fight for the things that I think would be best on-screen — and I don’t care who comes away from the meeting angry.”
