Jake Gyllenhaal's "Road House" sequel lands Guy Ritchie as director 

For years, there were plans to remake "Road House." It started long enough ago that MMA fighter Ronda Rousey was supposed to star, before people realized she couldn't actually act. In the end, Jake Gyllenhaal starred as Elwood Dalton, a former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer down in the Florida Keys. It's pretty fun. Gyllenhaal likes to do oddball performances when he gets a chance (watch "Ambulance" sometime) and he's enjoying himself in "Road House." Plus, the film had a strong director in Doug Liman. Liman likes to direct kinetic action, and he's helmed such movies as "The Bourne Identity," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and "Edge of Tomorrow." 

The original "Road House" didn't get a sequel, but Gyllenhaal's "Road House" is. What in the world will this plot entail? We have no clue. However, it's pretty easy to envision a sequel. Elwood Dalton arrives in some other location and does the same thing. Fights, action scenes, and so on and so forth. What the movie has now, though, is a director.

See, "Road House" was an Amazon MGM movie, and they decided to make the film a Prime exclusive. Liman asserted that he was promised a theatrical release, and so needless to say he was not looking to return for the sequel. Well, Amazon just went out and got Liman's British equivalent. That would be Guy Ritchie.

Ritchie made his name with British crime films like "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch." He's since moved on to bigger-picture fare like those two Sherlock Holmes movies starring Robert Downey Jr. and "The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare." Ritchie is prolific, and he's also previously worked with Gyllenhaal in "The Convenant," so the two likely enjoyed that experience.

If you're making an over-the-top action movie where looking slick means more than making sense, Ritchie is a guy that can do that. Obviously, that is where a "Road House" sequel is going to live, so this all worked out for all parties involved.

(h/t The Hollywood Reporter)