Keanu Reeves' Pre-John Wick Action Classic Is Finally Getting a TV Series
AMC is catching a new wave: a legacy sequel to Keanu Reeves’ Point Break is officially moving forward as a TV series, with Butterfly writer David Kalstein set to write and executive produce alongside Alcon’s Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, and Ben Roberts.
Well, this is happening: AMC is turning Point Break into a legacy-sequel TV series. Not a remake, not a rehash — an actual continuation that lives in the original movie's world. Deadline says the network won it in a competitive bidding war, which tells you they plan to go big, not cheap.
So what is this new Point Break?
The series picks up 35 years after the events of the 1991 film — the one that helped blast Keanu Reeves into action-star orbit and turned Patrick Swayze's Bodhi into a genre icon. The new story follows a fresh crew of thieves with ties to the Ex-Presidents from the first movie. Given that Bodhi died and that gang was taken apart, the connective tissue here is the intriguing part — and, honestly, where this could either get clever or goofy fast.
Who is making it?
David Kalstein — most recently on Amazon's Butterfly — is writing and executive producing. He is joined by Alcon's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, plus Alcon Television Group president Ben Roberts as executive producers. AMC is the home. Again: this landed after a bidding war, which is a fancy way of saying expectations (and budgets) should be real.
About that remake you forgot existed
Yes, there was a 2015 Point Break redo. No, this is not that. The AMC show is a continuation set in the original universe, not another do-over. Good call.
- Network: AMC (won the project in a competitive bidding situation, per Deadline)
- Creator/EP: David Kalstein (Amazon's Butterfly)
- EPs: Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Ben Roberts (Alcon Television Group)
- Timeline: 35 years after the original film
- Premise: New heist crew with connections to the Ex-Presidents
- Original film snapshot: IMDb 7.3; Rotten Tomatoes 68% critics, 79% audience; runtime 122 minutes
- Where to watch the 1991 movie (US): streaming on Peacock
Will Keanu show up?
Johnny Utah survives the first movie, so on paper, a cameo or even a proper role is possible. A reality check, though: when the 2015 remake came around, Reeves wanted no part of reprising the role. That was a reboot; this is a legacy continuation. If the scripts are strong, the door is not bolted shut. But do not bank on it until you see him on a call sheet.
Bottom line
This is a swing. AMC doing a surf-adjacent heist thriller with legacy ties could be great if they lean into gnarly set pieces and character obsession instead of nostalgia-for-nostalgia's-sake. The Ex-Presidents connection is the needle they have to thread. If they pull it off, we might actually need a bigger board.