The Hulu streaming date for an iconic motion thriller starring Keanu Reeves has been set for subsequent month. Also starring Sandra Bullock, the movie not solely achieved huge field workplace success but in addition acquired overwhelming crucial acclaim and even gained two Oscars.
Speed begins streaming on Hulu in March
The 1994 action-adventure film Speed will begin streaming on Hulu on Sunday, March 1, 2026 (by way of Hulu).
Making his function directorial debut, Jan de Bont helmed the movie with a script from Graham Yost. The movie options Keanu Reeves as Jack Traven, Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter, Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne, Jeff Daniels as Harry Temple, and Joe Morton as Herb “Mac” McMahon, amongst others.
The movie’s story begins with Jack and his associate, Harry, defusing a bomb in an elevator planted by Howard Payne. After they narrowly prevented main casualties, Payne fakes his demise and seeks revenge, particularly on Jack. He later vegetation a bomb on a metropolis bus that may detonate when it goes beneath 50 mph, which prompts Jack to board the bus to assist the passengers. But after a sequence of unlucky occasions, the motive force will get shot, and Annie is compelled to drive the bus by means of LA site visitors.
Upon its theatrical launch, each critics and audiences took a liking to the movie. It at the moment boasts a formidable 95% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. Furthermore, the constructive evaluations translated into field workplace success, serving to Speed earn greater than $121 million worldwide (by way of Box Office Mojo). The following yr, it gained Oscars for Best Sound and Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing.
In a 2014 interview, Yost revealed that the Point Break star was not the primary option to painting Jack. He mentioned that he had thought-about Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Wesley Snipes, and Woody Harrelson. When “someone’s kid at the studio” advised Reeves’s identify, they thought-about him and later met him.
Furthermore, whereas writing the script, Yost needed Annie to be extra of a comic book reduction. As a consequence, he thought-about Ellen DeGeneres to painting the half at one level. But because the script and character advanced, the position finally went to Bullock.
