"The legal battles between Amazon, remake director Doug Liman, and original Road House scribe R. Lance Hill are about as juicy as any sequel could hope to be. Deadline just reported that Liman and Hill have teamed up against Amazon MGM to do a Road House sequel in direct opposition to the one being made by Amazon (and Gyllenhaal). The Amazon picture was announced in April, with Guy Ritchie replacing Liman. Then Ilya Naishuler replaced Liman."
"Now Liman and Hill are taking advantage of some copyright law to announce their movie, Road House: Dylan. Hill asserts that he wrote the original Road House on spec, and that rights to his screenplay reverted back to him in 2023. Amazon MGM says Hill wrote the script as "work for hire," which keeps the screenplay in the producers' hands."
Two separate sequels to the Jake Gyllenhaal Road House reboot are in legal conflict. Doug Liman and original writer R. Lance Hill announced Road House: Dylan after asserting that rights to Hill’s original screenplay reverted to him in 2023. Amazon MGM disputes that claim, arguing Hill’s screenplay was created as a work for hire, keeping rights with the producers. Liman also claims his contract guaranteed a theatrical release for the remake, but that Amazon shifted the project to streaming. Amazon had earlier announced a sequel with Guy Ritchie attached, later replacing Liman with Ilya Naishuler. The competing productions await judicial resolution.
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