{"id":382121,"date":"2026-10-26T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=382121"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T17:20:03","slug":"keanu-reeves-joins-maelstrom-alan-ritchson-exits-netflix-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/keanu-reeves-joins-maelstrom-alan-ritchson-exits-netflix-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves joins Maelstrom: Alan Ritchson exits Netflix thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix<\/a>\u2019s Maelstrom<\/em> has made a big casting switch. Keanu Reeves is now set to star, taking over a project that had previously been linked to Alan Ritchson<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s still no official explanation for Ritchson\u2019s departure, and nobody involved is saying much. Netflix hasn\u2019t commented, Reeves\u2019 reps haven\u2019t commented, and Ritchson\u2019s team hasn\u2019t commented either.<\/p>\n\n

Reeves will play the lead<\/strong> in the one-night survival thriller: a U.S. Marshal tasked with protecting the fianc\u00e9e of a notorious arms dealer who\u2019s in witness protection. Then a hurricane knocks out communications, the dealer\u2019s henchmen start closing in, and the whole setup starts to sound very much like the kind of pressure-cooker action Reeves does well.<\/p>\n\n

For anyone who keeps an eye on Netflix action releases, this one has a lot going on behind the scenes. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing after Carry-On<\/em>. Mark Bianculli revised Greg Fitzpatrick\u2019s spec script, which was first sold to Warner Bros. back in 1993<\/strong>. Jeff Robinov is producing, and there\u2019s a nice full-circle detail there, since he was the agent on that original sale. Reeves also has a busy lineup beyond Maelstrom<\/em>, with Shiver<\/em>, The Entertainment System Is Down<\/em>, and a possible remake of The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil<\/em> all on his slate.<\/p>\n\n

When Maelstrom<\/em> arrives, it\u2019ll stream on Netflix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Netflix\u2019s Maelstrom has made a big casting switch. Keanu Reeves is now set to star, taking over a project that had previously been linked to Alan Ritchson. There\u2019s still no official explanation for Ritchson\u2019s departure, and nobody involved is saying much. Netflix hasn\u2019t commented, Reeves\u2019 reps haven\u2019t commented, and Ritchson\u2019s team hasn\u2019t commented either. Reeves … Continue reading “Keanu Reeves joins Maelstrom: Alan Ritchson exits Netflix thriller”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":382120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-382121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t