Jan De Bont surfs 'Point Break' sequel

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CANNES -- Seventeen years after "Point Break" washed up in movie theaters, surf's up for the sequel, "Point Break: Indo," with Jan de Bont aboard to direct. RGM Entertainment and Essential Entertainment will exec produce this Asia-based follow-up to director Kathryn Bigelow's original, which starred de Bont's "Speed" lead Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent casing a gang of surfer bank robbers. The ... [link]

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Jan de Bont Directing Sequel to 'Point Break'
Published 5/14/2008 by Elisabeth Rappe at Cinematical
... According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel will be given the poetic title Point Break: Indo, and will be based somewhere in Asia. It will take place 20 years after the original, which you will remember ended with the disappearance of Bodhi, Patrick Swayze's character. ...

'Point Break: Indo' Becoming Tragically More Real with Director Now Signed
Published 5/15/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... of original cast or characters have been announced, and that the director of Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is at the helm, and that the original Ex-Presidents gang is being replaced by a topical reference to the Bush Administration. These people clearly don't know what they're talking about, or haven't heard how kick-ass the title is. Hopefully when the tagline inevitably reveals that Point Break: Indo is "200% pure adrenaline," their apprehensions will be quelled. Jan De Bont surfs 'Point Break' sequel [THR]

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