Keanu Reeves is slated to play the villain in an upcoming film project centering on the rock band Weezer, a blockbuster casting that was revealed during the group’s recent Coachella music festival set. Reeves will join fellow stars Juliette Lewis, Johnny Knoxville, Eric Andre and Ben Schwartz along with members of the “Say It Ain’t So” hitmakers. David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Bullet Train) is set to produce the movie, with Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Nerve) set to co-direct.
The details about the movie’s plot are scarce, but Billboard reports it’s set to be a “mockumentary-style film, drawing comparisons to music-centric films like Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” The unexpected connection between the John Wick megastar and the “Beverly Hills” stalwarts goes back to 1992, when Weezer opened for Reeves’ band Dogstar for their very first gig.
After disbanding in 2002, Reeves reunited with the band in 2020, for the first time in over two decades. In 2023, Dogstar released their third studio album, Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees, marking Reeves’ return to the music scene following his career resurgence through the John Wick films.
Weezer performed at the California desert festival without addressing the shocking news that bassist Scott Shriner’s wife was shot by Los Angeles police and arrested a few days before their set. Jillian Shriner was charged on suspicion of attempted murder during a search for a hit-and-run suspect on April 9.
Variety reports that the wild incident took place while police were at a home in L.A.’s Eagle Rock neighborhood searching for a hit-and-run suspect. Officers reportedly spotted Jillian Shriner in the yard of her house, holding a pistol. Police said they asked her to drop the weapon multiple times, but she refused, instead turning it on the officers, according to the LAPD’s report on the incident. Cops then opened fire and she was hit in the shoulder. Jillian Shriner was treated for her injury—which was said to be not life-threatening—at a nearby hospital, and she was later released on a $1 million bond.
