AMC Developing Point Break TV Series Sequel

AMC Networks is developing a television series adaptation of the 1991 action film Point Break, setting the story 35 years after the original events in a modern continuation centered on a new heist crew.

The project, created by writer David Kalstein, will follow a dangerous group of criminals with connections to the Ex-Presidents gang from the original movie. It is slated to take place in 2026 and has been set up at Alcon Television Group and AMC Studios. Kalstein, whose previous credits include the Amazon thriller Butterfly, episodes of CBS's NCIS: Los Angeles, ABC's Quantico, and USA Network's Treadstone, will write the hour-long scripted series and serve as an executive producer. He is joined in that role by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, as well as Alcon president of television Ben Roberts. AMC acquired the series in a competitive bidding process, according to industry reports.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff, the original Point Break starred Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, the charismatic leader of a Southern California surfing crew suspected of bank robberies. Keanu Reeves played Johnny Utah, a rookie FBI agent who goes...