He's back kicking ass on our screens shortly for John Wick: Chapter 2, but Keanu Reeves has plans for something that might involve a little more romance and perhaps fewer villains to murderlise. He's close to a deal to star in jewel smuggling thriller Siberia.
Matthew Ross is directing the film, with Scott Smith at work on the script. Reeves will be playing an American diamond trader who heads to Russia to offload a shipment of blue diamonds that have dodgy origins. But when the jewels are stolen, he must venture deep into Siberia to find them, only to be distracted by a passionate affair with a local cafe owner. And though he thinks he's found happiness, the consequences of corrupt trading come round to bite him.
The movie should be shooting later this year. In addition to John Wick's return (the sequel lands 17 February), Reeves has worked on To The Bone, Replicas and is attached to Chinese road movie Rally Car.