Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody are set to star in a re-imagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1994 action thriller “The River Wild” for Universal 1440 Entertainment. The project is currently in production in Hungary.
The original follows a family forced to combat a pair of violent criminals in the wilderness while on a whitewater rafting trip. Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Mazzello starred.
The new version will be helmed by Ben Ketai (“StartUp”) and follows a brother (Killam) and sister (Meester) who love but distrust each other, as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. Said group includes the siblings’ childhood friend (Brody) who turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
Ketai and Mike Nguyen Le are penning the project which will debut on non-theatrical platforms worldwide in 2023.
Source: Collider
