‘John Wick 4’ To Repurpose Scenes Intended For ‘John Wick 3’; Spin-Off Film ‘Ballerina’ Will Use A Similar Action Style
TheJohn Wickuniverse is going to get a little bigger with a female-led spin-off calledBallerina, and now franchise directorChad Stahelskihas provided a new update about that project and some fun facts about the forthcomingJohn Wick 4. So put on your best suit, high five the Tick Tock Man, and meet us below to read the latest updates below.
John Wick 4 Update
In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Stahelski revealed that there were a couple of “overlapping thematics” between last year’sJohn Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum(which wasoriginally going to be the final chapter of the story) and the upcomingJohn Wick: Chapter 4, but that he had to strip the third movie down to the “bare essentials” to make it work. And now he’s aiming to utilize some of those unused ideas in the fourth entry.
“There were two action sequences that we had really kind of conceived, but we just didn’t have room for them,” he said. “So, we pulled them from the movie. And I’d like to think that 90 percent of what I pulled, there’s a place inJohn Wick 4that I can definitely reinsert them.”
Ballerina Update
John Wick: Chapter 3co-writerShay Hattenis writing the script forBallerina, the franchise’s first movie spin-off which “focuses on a young female assassin who seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.” InParabellum, we saw a glimpse ofAnjelica Huston’s Director character coaching/training a series of ballerinas in her academy, so presumably Huston could return for this movie (and we’re guessing John Wick himself,Keanu Reeves, could also pop up for a cameo).Live Free or Die HardandTotal Recallremake directorLen Wisemanis directing, and Stahelski gave a quick update about the project’s progress:
And for those of you who are hoping for some continuity in terms of the action design between these movies, Stahelski says theWickstandard will be upheld inBallerina:
“Having [Wiseman] on board and approaching some of the action design from a slightly different perspective, meaning the set pieces, the character involvement, how and what he wants to do during the action sequences, makes it kind of fresh. So, we’re not just copying ourselves over and over again with gun-fu or something like that. And because the character is different, we’re going to get a different take on things. But as far as the level, the competence or the style of action? Yes. I plan to be there to assist whenever I can. And our 87eleven stunt team will be very actively involved in helping Len in all his action needs.”
After experiencing arelease date changedue to the coronavirus pandemic,John Wick: Chapter 4will now hit theaters onMay 27, 2022.
