Keanu Reeves Set To Star In Movie & Follow-Up Anime Series Based On His BRZRKR Comic Book

Keanu Reeves Set To Star In Movie & Follow-Up Anime Series Based On His BRZRKR Comic Book

While it was heavily rumored when Keanu Reeves first announced his BRZRKR comic book, it's now been confirmed that he will indeed star in a live-action film and follow-up anime series based on the series.

By RohanPatel - Mar 22, 2021 03:03 PM EST
Filed Under: BOOM! Studios

Prepare for the most Keanu Reeves project of all-time as Netflix has acquired the screen rights to Reeves' BRZRKR comic book and have officially announced today that they are in the very early stages of developing a live-action film and follow-up anime series based on the eponymous Boom! Studios-published comic.

Reeves will produce and star in both projects, playing B, the hero of the story. While the live-action film will adapt the events of the twelve-issue limited series, the anime will further expand the universe by exploring different elements of the source material. 

The synopsis describes the story as a "brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000-year fight through the ages. The man known only as “B" is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence… even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the earth for centuries, B may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence…and how to end it.

The first issue of BRZRKR was released at the beginning of this month and to date, has already sold over 615,000 copies. 

With the film still likely being scripted, it's unclear on when it may head into production, but until then, there's still plenty of Reeves coming our way this year and next. He recently wrapped The Matrix 4 for Warner Bros. and is slated to begin production on John Wick 4 and John Wick 5 this Spring, filming them back-to-back. 

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Henchman4Hire
Henchman4Hire - 3/22/2021, 3:11 PM
Why was this even a comic then? It's been talked about forever, but only one issue has come out so far. Why not just go straight to movie?
Lostcause
Lostcause - 3/22/2021, 3:24 PM
@Henchman4Hire - Because as Keanu Reeves sat writing, he had an entire package deal with Boom and Netflix already set, before the first issue was finished. The news broke on Key Collector way back. Nick drops some of us an email and inside info when a deal is set in stone. This was planned a few years ago. Keanu Reeves will have multiple films, the comic, and an animated run.
LlamaLord
LlamaLord - 3/22/2021, 8:25 PM
@Henchman4Hire - Well, why not?
Fogs
Fogs - 3/23/2021, 5:46 AM
@Henchman4Hire - cause art.
Lostcause
Lostcause - 3/22/2021, 3:14 PM
Sweet! I'm wicked glad I bought 6 covers! The Rod Reis variant has only 700 in print. That one will get a slab and hang on my wall.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/22/2021, 3:16 PM
I read issue 1 last week. It’s what you expect but it’s solid. It’s Wolverine but he’s the thousands of years old. So Old Guard-esque. Basically, this is all about the action more so than the story.

I like the idea of the anime more than the live action though.
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 3/22/2021, 3:45 PM
@BlackBeltJones - The premise does sounds awesome, but do we know how is the USA government supposed to have that kind of intel?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/22/2021, 4:23 PM
@Razorface1 -

Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/22/2021, 3:17 PM
So The Old Guard basically? I know nothing about it other than that synopsis
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/22/2021, 3:20 PM
@Ha1frican - Old Guard, a little Wolverine, a touch of Sad Keanu meme. First issue was pretty excessively violent if you're into that kind of thing.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 3/22/2021, 3:24 PM
@Reeds2Much - Honestly... thats sounds pretty awesome I might check it out lol
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/22/2021, 3:28 PM
@Ha1frican - the art is good too.
Fogs
Fogs - 3/23/2021, 5:47 AM
@Reeds2Much - also a bit of Highlander, perhaps?
Desrow
Desrow - 3/22/2021, 3:17 PM
Man Snyder cultists are losing it on twitter, what a total travesty of fandom.
Roodi
Roodi - 3/22/2021, 3:27 PM
@Desrow - Damn, about what?
DaHyro
DaHyro - 3/22/2021, 3:29 PM
@Roodi - They confirmed that there will be no more “Snyderverse”, and are focused on making individual movies that are director-focused like Flash, Suicide Squad, and The Batman
SodaBurps
SodaBurps - 3/22/2021, 3:30 PM
@Desrow - Can you post the link? I really wanna see them lose their collective minds.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 3/22/2021, 3:34 PM
@SodaBurps @Desrow - I second this. We need a link ☝🏽

And honestly they have no one to blame but Snyder himself for feeling let down. Snyder should have cut the Martian Manhunter scenes, Knightmare sequence and any other teases for a sequel and just end his trilogy/universe properly with maybe some closure
m1doriya
m1doriya - 3/22/2021, 3:50 PM
@SodaBurps - it's all over twitter
Toecutter
Toecutter - 3/22/2021, 4:07 PM
@DaHyro -


DaHyro
DaHyro - 3/22/2021, 4:14 PM
@Toecutter - Happy to pay the bills, Otto!
Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 3/22/2021, 4:37 PM
@Desrow - I saw that!

People hoping every WB project tanks, someone wrote except the Batman and other Snyder boys disagreed and hope that it fails horribly too.

Wild stuff.
SodaBurps
SodaBurps - 3/22/2021, 5:11 PM
@m1doriya - Thanks! I'm a die hard DC fan but people like that make me embarrassed to admit it sometimes. It's gut wrenching seeing iconic characters with such rich history being made a laughing stock. I'm hoping things get better with the Black Adam film as I love the JSA so much. If they get butchered I think I'll lose all hope.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 3/22/2021, 3:37 PM
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 3/22/2021, 3:39 PM
Hey has anyone seen this response from Tom King concerning a fan question about Ava Duvernay's New Gods picking up where Zack Snyder left off?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsgTP0MmA2/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet



(dcolympus on Instagram if the link doesn't work).
Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 3/22/2021, 4:39 PM
@Superspecialawesomeguy - I honestly wouldn’t mind too much if the focus was on Apokolips and New Genesis.

I actually thought Darkseid looked and sounded great, they could always improve things and maybe brighten some things up but overall ... 🤷🏻‍♂️
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 3/23/2021, 4:20 AM
@Cbmfilmjunkie - I just think the further we get away from Zack's vision the better tbh.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 3/22/2021, 3:52 PM
Keanu Reeves is a limited actor but I wish him the best.
Hawkguy
Hawkguy - 3/22/2021, 3:53 PM
My partner read the first issue and they laughed out loud...a lot. Bad dialogue and so many exploding head punches.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 3/22/2021, 3:55 PM
@Hawkguy - So perfect casting then.😂
Hawkguy
Hawkguy - 3/22/2021, 3:57 PM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - It seemed it was his plan all along.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 3/22/2021, 4:23 PM
@Hawkguy - Yeah. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's waaaay too "try hard" imo.

It does start out with the "Sad Keanu on a bench" meme though! Lol
http://comiconlinefree.net/brzrkr/issue-1/full
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/22/2021, 4:17 PM
Sounds like Reeves is a good fit for this. Doubt we'll see it soon though. The comic's not even finished yet
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