Keanu Reeves and Roland Emmerich Team Up on ‘New Angeles’

Keanu Reeves and Roland Emmerich team up on New Angeles
Keanu Reeves (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

It was just announced that Keanu Reeves, Roland Emmerich, Gregg Hurwitz, and Stephen Hamel will be executive producing the TV series New Angeles with Slingshot Global Media. Emmerich is directing the pilot, Hurwitz is on board to write the pilot, and Slingshot Global Media is distributing the series.

“We’re thrilled to have Roland and Keanu on board for a project of this magnitude,” said David Ellender, CEO of Slingshot Global Media. “Roland’s masterful vision for this is extraordinary, and Keanu’s action work behind and in front of the camera speaks for itself.”

Commenting on NYT bestselling author Hurwitz’ involvement with the series, Emmerich said, “Gregg is an incredibly imaginative writer, and I’m looking forward to bringing his ideas for the show to life. It’s exciting to get the opportunity bring a massive project like this to the small screen within a rapidly changing television space.”

The Plot:

The show will be set in the future, based around a young man who escapes the mundane reality of his life by entering an exciting virtual reality world called New Angeles. Once down the rabbit hole, he adopts a new identity, becoming the man he was always destined to be, and in the process, unlocking the keys to a mystery that has real world consequences for him and his family.