With JOHN WICK serving as the restart for his career, Keanu Reeves is being associated with everything from major Marvel superheroes to any number of roles. None of the big projects seem to interest Reeves as much as developing his own films and working with friends in the industry. You have to admire the guy and his desire to only do what movies he wants to at this stage in his life. One of those projects is the film REPLICAS.
Based on a story developed by Reeves and PASSENGERS screenwriter Stephen Hamel, Chad St. John wrote the final screenplay and TRANSFORMERS producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has come on board as producer. HYSTERIA director Tanya Wexler will direct the high concept action flick.
After a car accident kills his loving family, a daring neuroscientist will stop at nothing to bring them back, even if it means pitting himself against a government-controlled laboratory, a police task force, and the physical laws of science themselves.
Like JOHN WICK, this movie sounds like any number of generic sci-fi movies made every day, but look at how well JOHN WICK turned out with Reeves working behind the scenes. I am not expecting REPLICAS to be a huge movie, but it definitely sounds intriguing enough.
Di Bonaventura made this statement about working with Keanu Reeves for the first time since CONSTANTINE.
“From my experience working with Keanu on ‘The Matrix’ franchise through our collaboration on ‘Constantine,’ I have always been impressed by Keanu’s ability to bring a genuine level of humanity to the sci-fi genre through his performance. I am looking forward to collaborating with Keanu once again on this unique take on what lengths a person will go to alter the past, and the implications of those actions.”
REPLICAS will be presented at the next American Film Market with plans to enter production next year. Expect to see it hit theaters by late 2015 or early 2016.