Luke Bracey Cast As Johnny Utah In Point Break Remake

Just over a month ago we reported that Gerard Butler had been cast to play Bodhi in the upcoming Point Break remake, and now actor Luke Bracey (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) has been cast to play Johnny Utah. In the 1991 film Utah (Keanu Reeves) is a young FBI agent sent to infiltrate and criminal gang with ties to extreme sports, led by Bodhi (Patrick Swayze).

Production is set to begin early this summer, and who will they cast to play the Pappas role played by Gary Busey?

Press Release:

LUKE BRACEY TO COSTAR WITH GERARD BUTLER IN ALCON ENTERTAINMENT’S REBOOT OF CLASSIC ACTION THRILLER ‘POINT BREAK’

LOS ANGELES, CA., FEBRUARY 24, 2014 — Luke Bracey will join Gerard Butler in Alcon Entertainment’s remake of the classic 1991 action-thriller POINT BREAK, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

Bracey will play the role of Johnny Utah, a young FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a criminal gang in the world of international extreme sports. Ericson Core (“Invincible”) is directing Kurt Wimmer’s (“Salt,” “Law Abiding Citizen,” “Total Recall”) screenplay.

Alcon’s Kosove and Johnson secured rights to the project from RGM Media, John McMurrick and Chris Taylor. Kosove and Johnson will produce along with John Baldecchi, Taylor and Kurt Wimmer. RGM Media principal Devesh Chetty and investor John McMurrick, Chairman of Marloss Entertainment, will serve as Executive Producers.

Bracey most recently co-starred in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” He will next be seen in the upcoming Nicholas Sparks adaptation “The Best of Me” starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden for Relativity.

At the most recent American Film Market, “Point Break” was an international success story, quickly selling out all rights worldwide, with many foreign distributors returning time and again with numerous counter bids. The film will be released domestically via Warner Bros through Alcon’s long-term distribution pact. Principal photography is set to begin early this summer.

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