During its presentation at this yr’s CinemaCon, Lionsgate introduced that it has greenlit manufacturing on yet one more John Wick function that can see Keanu Reeves return to reprise his position because the Baba Yaga. Though Lionsgate has not but shared any plot particulars or different casting bulletins, longtime John Wick director / producer Chad Stahelski, and producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are connected to the undertaking.
Speaking at CinemaCon concerning the movie, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group head Adam Fogelson assured attendees that Reeves, Stahelski, Iwanyk, and Lee wouldn’t signed on “until that they had one thing actually phenomenal and contemporary to say with these characters and this world,” based on IGN.
In addition to a brand new live-action film centering John Wick within the current, the bigger John Wick model will proceed to develop with an animated prequel starring Reeves that tells the story of how he as soon as accomplished the “inconceivable job” (the franchise’s terminology for killing all of 1’s rivals in a single night time.) The animated undertaking shall be directed by Shannon Tindle (Ultraman: Rising) and written by Vanessa Taylot (Game of Thrones, The Shape of Water.)
Lionsgate has additionally tapped Donnie Yen to each star in and direct a live-action spinoff constructed across the blind murderer character Caine, who first appeared in John Wick: Chapter 4.
Given the way in which John Wick has been featured within the trailers for Ballerina, it’s not solely shocking to study that stories of the character’s dying had been a bit exaggerated. But with Reeves returning to headline one other John Wick mainline movie, its much more clear now that Lionsgate intends to maintain Wick’s story going so long as it presumably can.
