Overview
- Multiple outlets report that Alan Ritchson is in negotiations to star in Maelstrom, a decades-old spec script that Netflix has moved to revive.
- The project is said to pair director Jaume Collet-Serra with screenwriter Mark Bianculli, who is updating a first draft by the late Gregory Fitzpatrick.
- Variety and other outlets describe the plot as a single-evening thriller about a federal marshal guarding an arms dealer’s fiancée as a hurricane cuts off help.
- Reports place Maelstrom as an early key title in producer Jeff Robinov’s deal with Netflix, with development executives credited for reanimating the project after the streamer’s success with Carry-On.
- Representatives for Ritchson, Collet-Serra and Netflix declined to confirm the news, and coverage published Tuesday, July 14, 2026, characterizes the attachments as reported and not yet official.