The Keanu Renaissance continues
It has been confirmed that the fifth
John Wick movie is coming, and it will shoot back-to-back with
John Wick 4.
The announcement was made by Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer on an analyst call this week, according to
Hollywood Reporter.
"We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our
John Wick action franchise, with
John Wick 4 slated to hit theaters Memorial Day weekend 2022. We hope to shoot both
John Wick 4 and
5 back-to-back when Keanu becomes available early next year," Feltheimer told the call.
John Wick 4 is due to be released on May 27, 2022. It was originally set for a year earlier, on May 21, 2021, but the coronavirus pandemic forced production to be delayed, with the release date therefore suffering the same fate.
The
John Wick movies have been widely acknowledged as some of the greatest action films of the century so far. Keanu Reeves debuted as the hitman forced to come out of retirement in the first instalment in 2014. That was followed by
Chapter 2 in 2017, and then
Chapter 3: Parabellum last year.
Other stories set in the
John Wick universe are also in the works. A spin-off entitled
Ballerina focusing on a female assassin was announced in 2017, with Chloe Grace Moretz rumoured to take the lead role.
A TV series entitled
The Continental has also been ordered for the Starz network, which will focus on the hotel for assassins at the centre of the movies. The Sopranos and The Wire writer Chris Collins is set to be showrunner, with Keanu Reeves on board as producer. CEO of Staz Jeffrey Hirsch has confirmed that the show will be a prequel to the movies.
There are also several other big Keanu Reeves films coming soon that we are looking forward to.
Bill and Ted Face the Music is coming later this year, and Reeves is also currently shooting the fourth
Matrix film in Berlin.
