Keanu Reeves in Talks to Star in James Wan’s ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ at Paramount

Keanu Reeves is in talks to team with James Wan for the filmmaker’s latest project, “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” at Paramount Pictures.

The Paramount Pictures movie reimagines the 2019 Korean action-crime thriller starring Don Lee (also known as Ma Dong-seok), who is attached to reprise his role opposite Reeves. The original film — which follows a police officer and a gangster as they reluctantly join forces to track down a serial killer — debuted to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

Wan will direct the film, his first feature since 2023’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” He will also produce the project alongside Michael Clear and Jason Blum (via Blumhouse Atomic Monster), Lee (Big Punch Global), Sylvester Stallone and D. Matt Geller (Balboa Productions), and Chris S. Lee (B&C Group. Lorenzo di Bonaventura has also come on board to produce. The project has been in the works since 2019, with Wan boarding the production this spring.

Eric Pearson wrote the latest script, based on previous drafts by Shay Hatten and Brian Helgeland. Helgeland and Billy Acumen will executive produce the project.

Reeves is an action movie icon, headlining numerous franchises from “The Matrix” movies to the “John Wick” films. He last starred in AppleTV’s dramedy “Outcome,” directed by Jonah Hill, and voiced Duke Caboom in “Toy Story 5.” He will next reprise his voice role as fan-favorite character Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 4,” which Paramount has dated for March 19, 2027. Reeves is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported the actor’s involvement.