continues to deliver the action in 2025. This time, the streaming giant will reboot the action thriller that went on to inspire the beloved ‘90s Keanu Reeves outing, Speed. Superbly titled Bullet Train Explosion, the project is one of several upcoming movies being made by Netflix to showcase its international efforts.

Bullet Train Explosion (that really is the perfect, no-nonsense title for an action movie) hails from Japan, and will act as a modern reboot of the 1975 movie The Bullet Train from filmmaker Junya Sato and production studio Toei. Set to be directed by Shinji Higuchi and starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Bullet Train Explosion will follow a similar, adrenaline-fueled plot to both the original and director Jan de Bont’s 1994 outing with audiences thrown onto the titular train, which cannot reduce its speed…otherwise it’ll explode. You can check out further details about Bullet Train Explosion below, courtesy of Deadline.

“A reboot from the original movie Bullet Train 50 years ago, this film inspired the Hollywood film Speed. Director Shinji Higuchi, known for merging spectacular visuals with human drama like Shin Godzilla, yet again creates a panic-suspense thriller depicting the struggles of people racing to save lives in extreme conditions.”

Will We Ever See a ‘Speed 3’?

Of course, while The Bullet Train and Bullet Train Explosion drop audiences onto a train, Speed moved the action onto a bus. And we’ve all been waiting to take another terrifying trip with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock ever since.

Speed stars John Wick’s Keanu Reeves alongside The Lost City’s Sandra Bullock who find themselves at the whim of Dennis Hopper’s vengeful terrorist. The movie follows Reeves’ arrogant LAPD SWAT officer Jack Traven, who must stop a bus strapped with a bomb from dropping below 50 miles per hour. The action outing was met with both critical acclaim and box office success, and while a sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released in 1997, it severely lacked the charm of the original.

So, will we ever see Speed 3? Well, 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell has offered a promising update regarding the long-awaited sequel, responding to Bullock’s recent declaration that Hollywood is no longer “brave enough” to make a legacy threequel to the treasured action thriller about the bus that couldn’t slow down.

“Hollywood is brave enough. We are brave enough. We are sitting by the phone. (Laughs) It is one of those last movies that we haven’t remade. And to really be a reason to come back, it’s got to be a great idea and an idea that excites (Bullock and Keanu Reeves). Because that’d be the reason to see it. It’s obviously a really important title for us, but it’s not something we would handle lightly or just try to press them into service. They’d have to be a part of the development of that idea.”