AMC, Canal+ Greenlight 'Point Break' TV Series — SkimNews
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- AMC and AMC+ officially ordered the 'Point Break' TV series, a modern update of the 1991 film that starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, co-produced by Alcon Television Group, AMC Studios, and StudioCanal.
- StudioCanal, a Canal+ company, will handle international sales and worldwide distribution outside the U.S. and Canada; the first season will run eight episodes with production beginning in early 2027.
- Dave Kalstein and Christopher C. Rogers serve as co-showrunners and executive producers, with the logline centering on a new Ex-Presidents-style heist crew emerging three decades after the original and the FBI recruiting a mysterious ex-pro surfer to infiltrate them.
- Alcon co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Television Group head Ben Roberts, and Julia Cohen executive produce, while M-K Kennedy, Paul Gilbert, and Daniel Gratton oversee the project for StudioCanal.
- The 2015 'Point Break' remake starring Luke Bracey and Édgar Ramírez performed moderately at the box office but was 'roundly rejected by critics' — making this the franchise's second attempt at a modern update after that failure.
- AMC's broader slate includes the NASCAR series 'Thunder Road' starring Dennis Quaid, the final season of 'The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon' debuting in 2027, and the recently aired Silicon Valley drama 'The Audacity.'
Why it matters: AMC and Canal+ are committing an eight-episode order and a 2027 production start to a franchise whose only previous modern update — the 2015 remake — was rejected by critics despite a decent box office, so the networks are betting that Kalstein and Rogers' 'ex-pro surfer infiltrates a new Ex-Presidents crew' pitch can convert cult nostalgia into a sustainable series, with StudioCanal giving the show built-in international distribution.
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