The package was shopped around, Netflix swooped in, negotiations began, and voila.īefore we see what Hughes delivers with his Raid, we’ll see what he has in store with Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson action-comedy The Man from Toronto, set for release in August. Word is that Bay and Hughes got along immediately and Hughes provided a pitch that attracted both Bay and Evans. That failed to get off the ground, and when the rights lapsed, WME reps for both Bay and Hughes reportedly suggested that the two take it on. Heralded as one of the greatest action movies of the modern era, Gareth Evans’ The Raid is reportedly about to get the remake treatment over at Netflix, with the same director teaming up with Michael Bay and The Hitman’s Bodyguard ‘s Patrick Hughes for a ‘reimaging’ of the propulsive classic. The remake, as reported by Deadline (the outlet that broke the news), will be “set in Philadelphia’s drug-infested ‘Badlands,’ where an elite undercover DEA task force climbs a ladder of cartel informants to catch an elusive kingpin”.ĭirector Joe Carnahan ( The Grey, Smokin’ Aces) had been attached to direct a Raid remake with Frank Grillo set to star. Sony Pictures Classics A new take on the cult 2012 martial arts film The Raid: Redemption is coming to Netflix from producers Michael Bay and the original film’s director Gareth Evans. Unfortunately for the bad guys, this S.W.A.T team happens to have one hell of a rookie, Rama (a breakout role for Iko Uwais). team tasked with infiltrating a high-rise building run by a ruthless drug lord in the slums of Jakarta.
The kick-ass 2011 Indonesian-language actioner saw a S.W.A.T. Michael Bay, Gareth Evans, and Patrick Hughes Remaking 'The Raid' for Netflix By Shawnee Haas Published The film will reportedly be set in Philadelphia’s drug-infested ‘Badlands.’. Range Media Partners, which represents Evans, Bay and Hughes, is. Bay and XYZ Films will be producing the picture with Gareth Evans, director and writer of the original Raid and its phenomenal sequel, attached as executive producer. Michael Bay producing an American remake of The Raid for Netflix By Emily Garbutt published JanuThe Expendables 3 director will helm the remake Comments (Image credit: PT Merantau. Michael Bay Is Producing A Remake Of ‘The Raid’ Set In Philadelphia With The Director Of ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Matt Prigge Twitter Contributing Writer JanuFacebook Twitter Email. Gareth Evans is a exec producer while Michael Bay and XYZ Films have also boarded as producers. Writing the script with Hughes is fellow Aussie, James Beaufort. Set to direct and co-write the film is Aussie helmer Patrick Hughes, whose credits include The Expendables 3, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and its sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. Patrick Hughes to write & direct The Raid with Michael Bay to produce. That said, Hughes' work on The Hitman's (Wife's) Bodyguard is widely regarded as bad-to-mediocre, so only time will tell if the director is capable of more with the backing of Michael Bay and Evans.Įvans is also working with Netflix to direct a similarly crime-driven film starring Tom Hardy, though we haven't heard much about that since early 2021.A remake of The Raid that’s been circling a start for years is finally going ahead at Netflix, the streamer aggressive in scoring a package with Michael Bay on board as producer. So it would seem Evans has some faith in the Netflix machine. That said, Evans previously worked with Netflix to make Apostle, a horror-thriller following a man's attempt to rescue his sister from an island-dwelling religious cult.
THE RAID MICHAEL BAY MOVIE
Longtime fans of Asian cinema are no strangers to western remakes falling short of the original, such as the Ghost in the Shell live-action movie with Scarlett Johansson.
'The Raid' followed an elite squad's attempts to infiltrate a ruthless mobster’s den.
THE RAID MICHAEL BAY SERIES
The series similarly helped launch the careers of Evans and main star Iko Uwais, who also starred in The Night Comes For Us, as well as Evans' first major film, Merantau. Michael Bay, Patrick Hughes and Gareth Evans team up for Netflix's remake of 'The Raid'. The series sparked a renewed interest in Indonesian martial arts cinema, with a particular focus on the art of Pencak Silat, resulting in the success of other films like Headshot and Netflix's The Night Comes For Us, which stars The Raid/Mortal Kombat's Joe Taslim. The film proved enough of a success for Evans to make The Raid 2, released in 2014. A reimagining of Gareth Evans’ The Raid is heading to Netflix. The original Raid film debuted in 2011 at the Toronto Film Festival, quickly becoming a cult favorite among action and martial arts movie fans. Patrick Hughes to write & direct 'The Raid' with Michael Bay to produce Submitted.
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