Man Ritchie is about to direct Highway Home 2, which is in growth at Amazon MGM Studios, with Jake Gyllenhaal on board to reprise his position as Dalton, Deadline has confirmed.
Plot particulars for the sequel are beneath wraps. Information of the mission was first introduced at Amazon’s inaugural Upfronts presentation. Will Beall is penning the script, with Charles Roven and Alex Gartner producing for Atlas Leisure, alongside Gyllenhaal and Josh McLaughlin of 9 Tales Productions. Ivan Atkinson will government produce.
Ritchie takes the directorial reins from Doug Liman, who was open about his frustrations relating to Amazon MGM’s choice to launch his Highway Home straight to streaming. The movie nonetheless went on to huge success upon its SXSW premiere, with almost 80 million viewers in its first eight weeks on Prime Video.
Pic reunites Ritchie and Gyllenhaal, who beforehand labored collectively on Amazon MGM’s action-thriller, Man Ritchie’s the Covenant. Additionally again in enterprise with the studio is Roven, who produced Amazon MGM’s Chris Pratt sci-fi thriller Mercy, an AI-themed title due for launch in theaters on January 23, 2026. The Gyllenhaal-led Highway Home put a brand new spin on a 1989 traditional starring Patrick Swayze as a tricky bouncer employed to tame a grimy bar.
Coming into manufacturing this spring on the second season of his hit Netflix collection The Gents, Ritchie not too long ago unveiled the Paramount+ crime drama Mobland, starring Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan, to crucial acclaim. His movie Fountain of Youth for Apple TV+ and Skydance, starring John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza Gonzalez, and Domhnall Gleeson, is due for a streaming launch on Might 23. Different upcoming initiatives for the filmmaker embrace Spouse & Canine, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Anthony Hopkins, in addition to the Prime Video collection Younger Sherlock.
Puck’s Matt Belloni was first to report on Ritchie’s Highway Home negotiations.
