Rumor: Speed 3? Fox wants Keanu Reeves back?
So apparently a “scooper” at AICN has gotten wind of a script for Speed 3 floating around Hollywood.
In the article on AICN the scooper reports that,
“There’s a scriptment floating around that reintroduces Jack Traven. So the studios are hoping to get Keanu back on board.”
I have to say that the news is very interesting and hits me with a soft spot. Speed was the first R-rated movie I ever saw in a theater. It was actually a massively entertaining film. I liked the adrenaline pumping action and intense concept that Jan DeBont brought the movie that was “Die Hard on Wheels!”
My question is this and one that was asked by the writer of the AICN article and other bloggers who have reported this story,
“Would Keanu come back?”
I mean Reeves decided not to come back for the sequel so that he could further his career and do other things. Such things as The Matrix, Constantine and now The Day the Earth Stood Still. Yes there were some stinkers in their but it seems that he put Speed behind him and bringing himself back into a 3rd film, makes me believe that there is a good script there. I mean Bruce Willis came back as John McClane.
All that being said the interesting thing about this made me go back and read an article I once read on Slashfilm, long before Fused Film existed, talking about Dennis Hopper returning for the 3rd installment of Speed. Assuming this rumor still stands and Keanu comes back - I see the character of Jack Traven being haunted by a copycat character, maybe a son or apprentiss of Howard Payne and Hopper returns in visions or flashbacks of the baddie. I mean it worked for Saw right?
Either way as long as the film brings a good style and intensity to the “franchise” I see this being a movie that would work and certainly Keanu brings the star appeal to the film so as long as the dollars are good I see this being something we will hear more about soon.
[Source: AICN]
[Source: Slashfilm]
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