“John Wick” needs to be one of many extra sudden franchises in Hollywood proper now. Conceived as nothing greater than a modest action-revenge film, it grew to become a star car for Keanu Reeves to point out everybody he nonetheless had it.
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Every successive “John Wick” sequel has one-upped the earlier film with out leaving high quality behind. However whereas the thought of a “John Wick” cinematic universe has been effervescent for some time, the one spin-off that is been launched to date was the 2023 “Continental” mini-series.
The “John Wick” movies do tease a bigger world. Few characters recur throughout each single one of many movies, in addition to John himself, Winston (Ian McShane), and Continental lodge concierge Charon (the late Lance Reddick). Individuals dip out and in of John Wick’s story, giving the impression they’re off dwelling their very own lives. A spin-off has been floated for virtually each main “John Wick” character, whether or not that be the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne, Reeves’ former “Matrix” co-star), launched in “John Wick Chapter 2,” or the murderer Sofia (Halle Berry) from “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum.”
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However listed below are the spin-offs which might be really presently in growth or on monitor to be launched.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina arrives in 2025
The primary journey again into the world of “John Wick” is coming this June: “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina.”
Ana de Armas will star as Eve Macarro, a ballerina/murderer raised by the Director’s (Anjelica Huston) Ruska Roma crime syndicate. Like John, she’s out for revenge — however towards the person who killed her father, not her canine. That man is called the Chancellor (Gabriel Byrne).
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“Ballerina” is about between “John Wick: Chapter 3” and “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Wick, Winston, Charon, and the Director are all showing in “Ballerina.” Norman Reedus may also be showing as a person named Daniel Pine; it isn’t clear but if he is Eve’s ally or enemy.
In response to the “Ballerina” trailer, our earlier heroes are attempting to manage Eve’s rampage earlier than it will get too large to rein in. It seems that, as she will get nearer to her prey, the Director will ship in Wick to dissuade her. We’ll see if Eve can match up with John Wick.
The credited director of “Ballerina” is Len Wiseman (director of the “Underworld”) movies. Nevertheless, “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski reportedly oversaw in depth reshoots. Throughout a February 2024 look on British discuss present “The One Present,” McShane bluntly described this as “not reshoots, however new shoots,” saying the producers determined they wanted to “defend the franchise” and guarantee higher high quality.
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Sure, there can be a John Wick: Chapter 5
Even earlier than the discharge of “John Wick: Chapter 4,” there was discuss of a fifth film. That made it stunning when the fourth film introduced itself as a conclusion, however growth of “John Wick: Chapter 5” did not die down. Lionsgate not too long ago confirmed at CinemaCon in April that “John Wick: Chapter 5” remains to be occurring.
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In a latest interview with /Movie, Stahelski admitted, “I am unable to inform you what ‘John Wick 5’ is about as a result of we’ve not fairly received all of it down.” Nevertheless, his quotes from that dialog suggest that he at the very least desires to maintain pulling affect from worldwide cinema, because the earlier “Wick” sequels have, however this time pay homage to Chinese language cinema specifically. Stahelski additionally teased to Empire that the fifth film will start a brand new arc:
“The saga of John Wick was fairly wrapped up. So the one solution to do a 5 is to have a brand new story that entails John Wick. It is not a continuation, with the Excessive Desk. John dealt together with his grief. Will probably be actually completely different.”
“John Wick: Chapter 4” constructed as much as John’s loss of life. Throughout a card recreation, he pulls the useless man’s hand. He discusses together with his mates what he desires his headstone to say. (“Loving husband.”) The ultimate reduce of the film excluded a shot confirming John is alive in favor of ending on his headstone.
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An concept that’s gotten traction amongst followers is that “John Wick: Chapter 5” will characteristic him preventing by means of Hell. This may protect John’s loss of life in “Chapter 4” and undoubtedly be one thing completely different. This might let the film carry again some acquainted faces and long-dead foes of John, too. (For an additional “Matrix” reunion within the vein of Fishburne because the Bowery King, think about Hugo Weaving or Joe Pantoliano because the Satan.) There’s an emotional angle too that will give John purpose to battle: Even within the afterlife, he is not reunited together with his spouse Helen (Bridget Moynahan).
In fact, this concept is all viewers hypothesis, so do not maintain your breath that the actual “John Wick: Chapter 5” will get so out-there.
An animated John Wick prequel is within the works
Within the authentic “John Wick,” his former boss Viggo (Michael Nyqvist) mentioned that when John requested to go away the murderer life behind, he gave him “an unimaginable activity, a job no-one may have pulled off … The our bodies he buried that day laid the muse of what we are actually.”
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We have nonetheless acquired little or no element about what this “unimaginable activity” was. “John Wick: Chapter 2” revealed that John wanted to name in a favor from crime boss Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio), however that is about it. Fortunately, the thriller will not final for for much longer.
An animated prequel movie, reported in October 2024, will depict John finishing the unimaginable activity. Shannon Tindle (“Ultraman Rising”) is directing and Vanessa Taylor (“The Form of Water”) is writing the script. Reeves may also be voicing John within the film, as a result of even in one other medium, the function is his.
The movie, which isn’t but titled, is being made within the model of an anime. In an announcement (through IndieWire), Stahelski mentioned concerning the prequel:
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“I’ve at all times been fascinated with anime. It has at all times been an enormous affect on me, particularly with the ‘John Wick’ sequence. To have the chance to develop a ‘John Wick’ anime appears to be the proper development for the ‘John Wick’ world. I really feel ‘John Wick’ is the proper property for this medium — anime holds the potential to develop our world, our characters, and our motion in methods unimaginable earlier than.”
Stahelski has anime expertise beneath his belt: He designed the motion scenes for “Lazarus,” the brand new anime from “Cowboy Bebop” director Shinichirō Watanabe. Talking of Watanabe, this “John Wick” prequel will give Keanu Reeves one other crack at anime stardom after the live-action “Cowboy Bebop” film, wherein he would’ve starred as Spike Spiegel, received caught in growth hell.
Donnie Yen’s Caine from John Wick: Chapter 4 is getting a spin-off
Lastly, one other spin-off within the vein of “Ballerina” is within the works. “John Wick: Chapter 4” launched Caine (Donnie Yen), one other grasp murderer and outdated colleague of John’s. Like John, Caine was dwelling a peaceable retirement, however he is recruited to kill John by Marquis de Gramont (Invoice Skarsgård). To make sure Caine’s compliance, the Marquis holds his daughter hostage.
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Caine is simply as expert a fighter as John — arguably even moreso, since in contrast to John, Caine is blind. He makes use of noise-making movement detectors to let him know the place/when his opponents transfer, and fights with a employees (or cane, get it?). Caine’s complete character appears crafted within the picture of Yen’s earlier English-language function: Chirrut in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
Caine’s first large motion scene in “Chapter 4,” is when he raids the Osaka Continental Lodge to get at John, killing the lodge supervisor Shimazu Koji (Hiroyuki Sanada). Nevertheless, within the third act, Caine involves John’s help to assist him get to his duel with the Marquis.
Phrase of a spin-off about Caine emerged shortly after the discharge of “John Wick: Chapter 4” and it was confirmed as soon as extra at CinemaCon 2025. It has been described as a Hong Kong-style motion film like the sort Yen has spent his profession making. Yen himself will not be solely starring in but in addition directing the film, and Mattson Tomlin (“The Batman”) can be writing the script.
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There was a post-credits scene in “John Wick: Chapter 4” suggesting that Koji’s daughter, Shimazu Akira (Rina Sawayama), is in search of revenge for Caine killing her father. Sawayama is about to reprise her function within the “Caine” spin-off, so it seems the film will observe up on that stinger’s promise.
