Keanu Reeves to star as villain in upcoming Weezer movie
Keanu Reeves is reportedly in line to play the dangerous man within the upcoming Weezer movie.
In line with Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, the John Wick star will characteristic prominently within the mockumentary-style film that can revolve round a rivalry between Weezer and Reeves’ personal band Dogstar.
The report suggests the movie will probably be a cross between Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story and also will star Juliette Lewis, Eric Andre, Johnny Knoxville and Ben Schwartz, in addition to the members of the band themselves. Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, identified for movies within the Paranormal Exercise franchise, will direct the movie.
Weezer’s first ever present was because the opening band for Dogstar at Raji’s in Los Angeles in 1992 – certainly, the 2 bands returned to town’s Lodge Room in March final yr to play collectively – and the movie will possible draw on the real-life historical past between the 2 ‘90s alt-rock teams.
Dogstar have been a daily presence through the ‘90s, releasing a lot of grunge-influenced albums. They went on hiatus, solely to re-emerge in 2023 with the comeback album ‘Someplace Between The Energy Traces And Palm Timber’.
Throughout their look at Coachella weekend one, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo revealed that they’d been engaged on a film, though he remained tight-lipped about what the premise of it will be.
In different Weezer information, Jillian Shriner, the spouse of bassist Scott, was taken into custody in Los Angeles earlier this month after sustaining a non-life-threatening gunshot wound from a police officer.
In a fancy situation involving an unrelated hit-and-run automotive chase, Shriner is alleged to have fired her handgun at one of many suspects after which pointed it at officers, refusing to decrease it. She was “booked for tried homicide”, and later posted bail for $1million.
In the meantime, Weezer will embark on a UK and Europe tour later this yr. You may get tickets here (UK/Eire) and here (Europe).
As for Reeves, Tender Play made a daring plea to the actor to affix them at their Coachella weekend two present for a rendition of their track ‘John Wick’, saying it will be “a dream come true” if he performed bass with them on the present.