Jake Gyllenhaal calls Post Malone 'a man of many talents' after they worked together on Roadhouse remake: 'To say it was a pleasure working together is an understatement'

Jake Gyllenhaal is impressed with the talents of Post Malone.

The 43-year-old actor took to social media on Tuesday praising the musical artist as ‘a man of many talents’ amid their collaboration on the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie for Prime Video.

‘A man of many talents,’ the Los Angeles native said. ‘To say it was a pleasure working together is an understatement. Welcome to the #roadhouse @postmalone!’

Malone, who performed America The Beautiful at Sunday’s Super Bowl, responded with an emoji of a pair of clinking beer mugs

The Brokeback Mountain actor and Circles artist were pictured in a selfie from the set of the action thriller, with Gyllenhaal in a gray shirt, and Malone sporting a mask of blood on his face.



Jake Gyllenhaal, 43, is impressed with the talents of Post Malone, 28. The actor took to social media on Tuesday praising the musical artist as 'a man of many talents' amid their collaboration on the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie for Prime Video

Jake Gyllenhaal, 43, is impressed with the talents of Post Malone, 28. The actor took to social media on Tuesday praising the musical artist as ‘a man of many talents’ amid their collaboration on the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie for Prime Video

The Oscar-nominated star was seen in the reel in which he walked alongside Malone, who put his hand on Gyllenhaal’s shoulder as they chatted while walking through a carport garage area.

Gyllenhaal, in a subsequent clip, ducked under Malone as he wrestled with actor Kenny Lorenzetti on the set of the remake.

Said Gyllenhaal: ‘Hey guys, sorry, what’s going on? Just passing through.’

Gyllenhaal plays the role of Elwood Dalton – a presumed relative of the late Swayze’s character James Dalton from the first movie – in the forthcoming film. The new Dalton is a ripped former UFC fighter who becomes a ‘cooler’ (bouncer) for a dingy bar in the Florida Keys.

Malone, who is billed as Austin Post, plays the role of Carter in the remake.

Gyllenhaal’s post comes more than two weeks after fans of Patrick Swayze vowed to boycott the Road House remake after the first trailer for the Prime Video version dropped on January 25.

Daniela Melchior (in the Kelly Lynch role), Billy Magnussen (in Ben Gazzara’s place) and Jessica Williams star alongside real-life UFC fighter Conor McGregor in the remake.

McGregor was seen in the trailer squaring up to Gyllenhaal and delivering a brutal headbutt to open their fight scene.

The Oscar-nominated star was seen in the reel in which he walked alongside Malone, who put his hand on Gyllenhaal's shoulder as they chatted while walking through a carport garage area

The Oscar-nominated star was seen in the reel in which he walked alongside Malone, who put his hand on Gyllenhaal’s shoulder as they chatted while walking through a carport garage area

Gyllenhaal, in a subsequent clip, ducked under Malone as he wrestled with actor Kenny Lorenzetti on the set of the remake

Gyllenhaal, in a subsequent clip, ducked under Malone as he wrestled with actor Kenny Lorenzetti on the set of the remake

Gyllenhaal plays the role of Elwood Dalton - a presumed relative of the late Swayze's character James Dalton from the first movie - in the forthcoming film

Gyllenhaal plays the role of Elwood Dalton – a presumed relative of the late Swayze’s character James Dalton from the first movie – in the forthcoming film

Malone, who is billed as Austin Post, plays the role of Carter in the remake

Malone, who is billed as Austin Post, plays the role of Carter in the remake

The action-packed trailer released last month failed to win over any fans of the original who questioned why anyone would bother with a remake.

Fans shared on X: ‘They remade Roadhouse?? Will I watch it? Probably But Swayze aka Dalton will always be the OG in my book’; ‘The proper/only/Swayze version of Road House is on 5Star tonight at 9pm.’;

‘A Road House remake? There’s only one Dalton, Go F yourself Hollywood!’; ‘I would have some VERY negative things to say about this Road House remake, but Patrick Swayze gave me some good life advice: Be Nice’;

‘Whose idea was it to remake Roadhouse and when will they be fired?! ‘; ‘Hollywood didn’t learn from the Point Break remake? Who decided to remake Roadhouse? This is an abomination. Hands off Patrick Swayze movies….’;

‘I love how people can put their differences aside and come together and agree that the world doesn’t need a Road House remake ❤️’; ‘Why are they remaking Roadhouse? Did a single person ever ask for this?’; ‘Lads. The absolute state of that Road House remake trailer starring himself.’

Yet not everyone was unimpressed, with one sharing: ‘Road House (2024) looks cool, the action seems well shot and fun.But I keep thinking about how it compares to the ‘89 Original. With Benny Urquidez as choreographer and the filmmakers accommodating to his style the original has this Hong Kong energy full of clarity and rhythm.’

The original Road House bowed in 1989 to a disappointing response but has since acquired a devoted cult following.

The soundtrack included original songs by Patrick, among classic recordings like the Doors’ Roadhouse Blues and Fats Domino’s Blue Monday.

Patrick Swayze fans have vowed to boycott the Road House remake after the 1989 movie was rebooted with Jake Gyllenhaal (pictured) in the lead role

Patrick Swayze fans have vowed to boycott the Road House remake after the 1989 movie was rebooted with Jake Gyllenhaal (pictured) in the lead role

Swayze starred in the original as a bouncer who attempts to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town

Swayze starred in the original as a bouncer who attempts to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town

Conor McGregor's appearance in the trailer is fleeting yet memorable, with The Notorious squaring up to Gyllenhaal and delivering a brutal headbutt to open their first fight scene

Conor McGregor’s appearance in the trailer is fleeting yet memorable, with The Notorious squaring up to Gyllenhaal and delivering a brutal headbutt to open their first fight scene



Nonetheless, the action-packed trailer failed to win over any fans of the original who questioned why anyone would bother with a remake

Nonetheless, the action-packed trailer failed to win over any fans of the original who questioned why anyone would bother with a remake


It emerged Wednesday that the new Road House will not get a theatrical release, but will instead receive a streaming-only rollout on Amazon Prime March 21.

In protest, its furious director Doug Liman wrote a Deadline guest column announcing that he will skip his own movie’s premiere in March.

‘When Road House opens the SXSW film festival, I won’t be attending,’ wrote Doug, whose filmography includes Swingers, The Bourne Identity and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

‘The movie is fantastic, maybe my best, and I’m sure it will bring the house down and possibly have the audience dancing in their seats during the end credits,’ wrote the filmmaker in Deadline. ‘But I will not be there.’

He recalled: ‘When Amazon bought MGM, one of the few remaining studios making big commercial films for theatrical release (movies like Bond, Creed ) they announced that they would put a billion dollars into theatrical motion pictures, releasing at least 12 a year.”

Doug added: ‘They touted it as “the largest commitment to cinemas by an internet company.” I can tell you what they then did to me and my film, which is the opposite of what they promised when they took over MGM.’

He declared that ‘The facts’ were as follows: ‘I signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM. Amazon bought MGM. Amazon said make a great film and we will see what happens. I made a great film.’

Dishing that the Amazon brass themselves referred to his movie as a ‘smash hit,’ he asserted that the film tested better than Mr. & Mrs. Smith or The Bourne Identity.

He also argued that the movie, with its emphasis on martial arts and its star turn by Conor McGregor, had a built-in audience with the ‘rabid and loyal’ UFC fanbase.

‘What else could I have delivered to the studio? Nothing, it turns out. Because contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting cinemas,’ the filmmaker wrote bitterly.

‘Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.’

He noted that the ‘filmmakers and stars’ of Road House do not financially ‘share’ in the windfall of the movie if it does well on a streaming service, adding that Jake will be ineligible for the major awards in spite of his ‘career-best performance.’

‘If we don’t put tentpole movies in movie theaters, there won’t be movie theaters in the future,’ Doug insisted. ‘Without movie theaters, we won’t have the commercial box office hits that are the locomotives that allow studios to take gambles on original movies and new directors. Without movie theaters we won’t have movie stars.’

It emerged that the new Road House will not get a theatrical release, but will instead receive a streaming-only rollout on Amazon Prime March 21

It emerged that the new Road House will not get a theatrical release, but will instead receive a streaming-only rollout on Amazon Prime March 21

In protest, its furious director Doug Liman wrote a Deadline guest column announcing that he will skip his own movie's premiere in March

In protest, its furious director Doug Liman wrote a Deadline guest column announcing that he will skip his own movie’s premiere in March

His view is that movie theaters survived the coronavirus lockdowns because of ‘brave filmmakers like Chris Nolan and Tom Cruise,’ who ‘insisted their movies play in the theater, and they proved audiences are still there.’

Referring to the Amazon executives as ‘good people who are trying to do their best,’ he wondered if they might be ‘victims in this as well, forced to betray the artists they spent their careers supporting’ over their long careers in film.

‘The reality is there may not be a human villain in this story – it may simply be an Amazon computer algorithm,’ Doug continued drily.

‘Amazon will sell more toasters if it has more subscribers; it will have more subscribers if it doesn’t have to compete with movie theaters. A computer could come up with that elegant solution as easily as it could solve global warming by killing all humans.’

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