The John Wick franchise will proceed — on tv.
Lionsgate, the distributor of the Wick motion pictures, is reportedly buying a brand new TV collection set after the occasions of the latest movie, John Wick: Chapter 4. Dubbed Underneath the Excessive Desk, the present is described thusly:
John Wick has left the world of the Excessive Desk in a tenuous place and a set of recent characters will look to make a reputation for themselves whereas among the franchise stalwart characters stay dedicated to the old-world order. The collection will mix new and outdated and thrust the Wick universe into a brand new age.
This is able to be the second John Wick tv collection. In 2023, Peacock launched The Continental: From the World of John Wick, a prequel present set within the underworld lodge made well-known by the John Wick motion pictures. That present happened within the Seventies and starred a youthful model of the character performed within the movies by Ian McShane.
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Each Keanu Reeves and John Wick collection director Chad Stahelski are govt producers on Underneath the Excessive Desk.
There’s nonetheless no official phrase on a fifth John Wick film, though there are two completely different Wick spinoff movies already within the works. A by-product known as Ballerina starring Ana de Armas, was introduced again in 2022; after a collection of delays and reshoots, it’s presently scheduled to open in theaters in June of 2025. Lionsgate has additionally introduced that Caine, Donnie Yen’s blind murderer from John Wick: Chapter 4, may even be the topic of his personal film; that spinoff is ready to be shot in Hong Kong subsequent 12 months.
Is the viewers this invested in a John Wick universe that (no less than for the time being) doesn’t seem to incorporate a lot involvement from John Wick himself? Lionsgate would certainly need a fifth official John Wick “chapter.” Whether or not Stahelski and Reeves can each be coaxed into returning for it’s the large query mark there. Within the meantime, you’ll be able to stay up for seeing Reeves as Wick no less than yet another time; he did shoot some scenes for Ballerina.
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