Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Monday that Reeves is replacing Alan Ritchson as the lead of Maelstrom, though Netflix and Reeves’ reps declined to comment.
- Jaume Collet-Serra is attached to direct and screenwriter Mark Bianculli has been hired to polish the script from the late Gregory Fitzpatrick’s original draft.
- The film is described as a one-night survival thriller about a federal marshal protecting an arms dealer’s fiancée as a hurricane cuts off communications and attackers close in.
- Jeff Robinov is producing the project under a new Netflix arrangement and the story traces back to a spec sale to Warner Bros. in 1993, but no production start date or release window has been announced.
- The move fits Netflix’s recent strategy of dusting off dormant, high‑concept specs and attaching bankable stars and known directors to speed projects toward production, though details could still change.