Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze Surf Back into Theaters for ‘Point Break’s’ 35th Anniversary

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/film-news-in-brief-july-20-2026-1236816245/

Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze are surfing back to the big screen in celebration of “Point Break‘s” 35th anniversary.

A new 4k restoration will be released by Resurgence Media Group, Saga Arts and Fathom Entertainment. The film will hit theaters on Aug. 16 and 19.

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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 26d (5 replies)

I can't imagine many people asked for this.

RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 26d

I prefer this form of nostalgia farming rather than releasing dog shit remakes

village604@adultswim.fan · 6 pts · 26d (2 replies)

I wasn't even aware Swazye was still alive

NathanDerWeise@feddit.org · 3 pts · 26d

He died in 2009, I'm afraid.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 26d

He is not. Hasn't been for well over a decade, I believe

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 25d

As in point break in particular? You'd be surprised. It's got a fairly good cult status, and cult movie fans love theater showings. Go check out a rocky horror screening for the extreme end of why it's a great thing to do screenings.

Point break has enough of a following that I suspect it can both draw butts into seats and keep the theaters in good profit for those shows. I don't know if it could match something like fight club or Lebowski in terms of numbers willing to go to a theater for this kind of thing, and I seriously doubt it'll get close to Rocky horror numbers at all. But it could be fun