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Leila George and Dave Bautista have officially joined the cast of Road House 2, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. George is all set to play the female lead, while Bautista has been cast in a yet-to-be-disclosed role, according to the latest report from Variety.
Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller will serve as the director on this project, which will offer a sequel to the 2024 action thriller, Road House, directed by Doug Liman. The 2024 movie was itself based on Rowdy Herrington's 1989 film, headlined by Patrick Swayze. Later, Jake Gyllenhaal played the lead in Liman's film as a former UFC fighter finding himself in trouble after taking up a job in a small town.
Gyllenhaal will return for the sequel helmed by the director of action-packed projects such as Hardcore Henry (2015), Nobody (2021), and Heads of State (2025), among others. Will Beall is in charge of the script. His previous writing credits include Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Aquaman (2018), Gangster Squad (2013), and more.
The plot details for Road House 2 have not been disclosed yet. According to the Variety report, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh McLaughlin serve as producers with their Nine Stories banner, while Alex Gartner and Charles Roven will also be producing the action-thriller sequel on behalf of Atlas Entertainment.
More details about Road House 2 star Leila George's projects
Australian-born actress Leila George was recently seen in Alfonso Cuarón's psychological thriller series, Disclaimer, alongside an ensemble that includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, Sacha Baron Cohen, Louis Partridge, and Kodi Smit-McPhee, among others.
The show was nominated at the Emmys and the Critics' Choice Awards. George received a nomination at the latter in the category for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.
Before that, George also starred in the TNT crime thriller series, Animal Kingdom, which also included Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Ellen Barkin, Molly Gordon, Finn Cole, Carolina Guerra, and Jake Weary in the cast. The show ran for over six seasons from 2016 to 2022, and centred around the life of a Southern California family.
George's most recent film credits include He Ain't Heavy, a 2024 drama-thriller film, written and directed by David Vincent Smith. It earned her a nomination at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for her performance as Jade. Greta Scacchi, Alexandra Nell, Sam Corlett, Nicoletta Dimas, Blake Richardson, and Clarence Ryan round out the central cast.
George's other film credits include Gonzo Girl (2023), Mortal Engines (2018), and The Kid (2019). She will now be starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House 2.
What else is Dave Bautista working on?
The Road House 2 star, Dave Bautista, recently appeared in director Akiva Schaffer's The Naked Gun in a cameo appearance as himself. His most recent credits include Paul W.S. Anderson's In the Lost Lands, J.J. Perry's The Killer's Game, and Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl.
Bautista has otherwise been a key player in the Dune and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchises, in the roles of Rabban and Drax, respectively.
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