Reportedly, Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze will not star in the film. (Courtesy Largo Entertainment)

Yes the rumors are true. In fact, rumors that began circulating today was news that already broken a year ago by Time Out New York, who conducted an in-depth interview with writer Peter Iliff. This time around, Iliff is slated to both write and direct the sequel.

Time Out NY: “Why remake Point Break? It’s been 17 years.”

Peter Iliff: “What’s interesting is that because so much time has gone by, we’re not necessarily making a sequel. We’re making another movie, but we’re following the character of the first film, Bodhi. His mates were all killed, and he had a choice: you can go to jail or you can have an honorable death of suicide by wave. And, of course, he survives. And he would flee off the grid to somewhere like Indonesia, which is the last frontier of surfing, and he would create a life here.”

Time Out NY: “He survived that perfect storm?”

Peter Iliff: “In truth, only Mark Foo has been killed in big-wave surfing, and it’s probably because his leash held him down. Guys do survive these waves quite often. So what’s interesting is to follow the story of someone who’s set up a new life here, who resumes criminal activities and thus invites attention. This character would now have a family; he would have a stepson who would be a major Indonesian character. There’ll be a new love interest, who’ll be Asian, and coming after this guy would be a new Hollywood character. I don’t want to give it away but it ends very much the same way.”

NEW MILFORD — At least for one day, Jillian Alps felt like a star.

The general manager of the Heritage Inn on Bridge Street played hostess to film stars Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Winona Ryder and Robin Wright Penn on Monday when scenes from the movie “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” were filmed in town.

The film crew rented four of the property’s 20 guest rooms for the day so the actors and actresses could relax between takes. All gave autographs and were gracious with the staff, said Alps, who couldn’t pass up getting her picture taken with Reeves.

“He was more than happy to sit down with us,” she said, describing him as “easy going,” “low key” and a “nice guy.” “As soon as they walked in the door they shook hands. We had breakfast waiting.”

It was the second time the bed and breakfast, a former tobacco warehouse and feed and grain store listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has hosted a movie crew. Last year producers and actors with “The Six Wives of Henry Lefay” stayed at the property during shooting in town. Read more →

I know Keanu is uncredited in the 1993 movie Freaked, and yes you do not recognize him in that costume, but I made caps anyway. See all 38 screencaptures of Ortiz the Dog Boy in the gallery:

GALLERY LINK:
- Freaked Screencaptures