# Keanu Reeves Takes Over Lead In Netflix Actioner ‘Maelstrom’ From Alan Ritchson

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/keanu-reeves-takes-over-lead-in-netflix-actioner-maelstrom-from-alan-ritchson/
- Published: 2026-10-26T18:11:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:05:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/keanu-reeves-to-star-maelstrom-netflix-alan-ritchson-1237187931/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Space, Technology, TV

## Key points

- Keanu Reeves replaces Alan Ritchson as the lead in *Maelstrom*.
- The Netflix action film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
- Its story centres on a marshal defending a witness’s fiancée during a hurricane.

## Summary

Keanu Reeves will lead Netflix action film *Maelstrom*, replacing Alan Ritchson, who left for undisclosed reasons. The casting puts Reeves at the centre of a long-developing project, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

Reeves will play a federal marshal protecting the fiancée of an arms dealer turned witness during a hurricane-isolated night under attack. Mark Bianculli wrote the current script draft, based on an earlier draft by the late Gregory Fitzpatrick; the project was first developed as a Warner Bros. spec in 1993.

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