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Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze are surfing back to the big screen in celebration of “Point Break’s” 35th anniversary.
A new 4k restoration will be released by Resurgence Media Group, Saga Arts and Fathom Entertainment.
The film will hit theaters on Aug. 16 and 19.
Surfer Matt Archbold will present an exclusive introduction ahead of the film. Also serving as a surf double for Swayze, Archbold helped teach the two leading actors and other cast members how to surf and will share behind-the-scenes stories from production.
Originally released in 1991 the film follows “a gang of bank robbers call themselves the Ex-Presidents and commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The FBI believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and sends young agent Johnny Utah (Reeves) undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information. As he is drawn deeper into the world of charismatic surfer Bodhi (Swayze) and his thrill-seeking crew, Utah must decide where his loyalties lie.”
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the film also stars Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James LeGros and Anthony Kiedis.
“Few films have built a following as loyal as ‘Point Break’s,’ said Shannah Miller, the vice president of marketing at Fathom Entertainment. “Thirty-five years after it first hit theaters, this newly restored 4K version gives that devoted following exactly what they’ve been asking for: Bodhi, Johnny Utah and those legendary surfing and skydiving sequences, back where they belong on the big screen.”
Tickets for Point Break 35th Anniversary are available now online and at participating theatre box offices.
Monday, July 20
‘Hudson & Maria’: Wiliam Mosely and Poppy Drayton Set to Join Cast
William Mosely (“Chronicles of Narnia”) is set to join the cast of “Hudson & Maria.”
Half Crown Media in association with Burns & Co. Entertainment also announced that Mosely will play Hudson Taylor, with Poppy Drayton (“Charmed”) playing his wife, Maria, and Ludi Lin (“Power Rangers”) as Hudson’s friend, Wang Laijun.
Also starring in the film are Jeremy Swift (“Ted Lasso”), Tan Kheng Hua (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Rupert Graves (“Sherlock”), Darren Lim (“The Little Nyonya”), Jemma Donovan (“Jimmy”), Catriona Munro (“NCIS: Sydney”), Ben Van Lier (“M3GAN 2.0”), Wang Wei (“Unexpected Falling”), Matt William Knowles (“Son of the South”), Kate Sullivan (“The Season”), Vanessa Yao (“Kung Fu”) and Cedric Gegel (“Capture”).
Production is set to start filming in Malaysia this August.
Set during the Opium Wars of 19th-century China, “Hudson & Maria” follows the true story of Hudson Taylor, an English missionary who rejects colonial norms and adopts Chinese language, customs and dress as he seeks to share God’s love in inland China. The story follows him through his missionary work, traveling with his wife Maria and good friend, Wang Laijun. They endure hardship and persecution to tell a powerful story that has become legend.
Matt Mikalatos will serve as director and screenwriter with Aaron Burns, Jack McClintock and David Cook producing. James Hudson Taylor IV, Ken Haron and Angela Galgani Sullivan will executive produce.
