Los Angeles: `PS I Love You` star Gerard Butler is in final negotiations to star in the remake of `Point Break`.
The 44-year-old actor is eyeing Patrick Swayze`s role in the reworking of the 1991 Kathryn Bigelow-directed film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
As in the original, the film will centre around an FBI agent who infiltrates a criminal ring hidden inside the world of Southern California extreme sports.
Butler will take on Swayze`s Bodhi, who seeks nirvana by living on the edge, and is responsible for inducting the undercover agent Johnny Utah into the criminal circle.
`The Fast and the Furious` and `Daredevil` cinematographer Ericson Core will direct `Point Break` from Kurt Wimmer`s new script.
Butler was seen last year in `Olympus Has Fallen` and is in line for the sequel `London Has Fallen`. He will also star in the upcoming `Gods of Egypt`.
`Point Break` is yet to announce any other castings.
PTI
First Published: Friday, January 10, 2014, 14:50
