Where is John Wick going after chapter 4?

WARNING: Contains major spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4

For four movies now, it’s become increasingly clear that nothing can stop John Wick. Free falling from the roof of the Continental? He easily scraped the pavement to fight another day. Shot in the stomach by an assassin disguised as a violinist? A few minutes later, he brutalizes someone with a pencil. Did you walk down all the stairs of Montmartre in Paris when you were about to reach the top? Like Sisyphus, Keanu Reeves’ mythological hitman rises to his feet. Survival is his specialty. Or is that it? Because if the last few minutes of John Wick: Chapter 4 you have to believe it, the Baba Yaga no longer exists. After beating Bill Skarsgård’s Marquis and beating the High Table for good, it seems John Wick took another bullet and… gasp! – dies at Sacred Heart at dawn, dreaming of his beloved late wife Helen, before being buried in the ground next to her. End. Well maybe.

It wasn’t always going to be like this. In 2020 it was announced that John Wick: Chapter 5 I would shoot back to back with chapter 4, suggesting that there was still a lot more life to the action hero. What has changed in the meantime is currently unknown: Have the two projects become a giant three-hour behemoth? Was it an artistic choice or a side effect of confinement? Keanu just wanted to rest? (He more than deserves one, in all honesty.) Either way, the latest outing quite literally puts a capstone on the central character’s journey, putting him to rest after four films of relentless mayhem.

But in Hollywood, death is never the end, and the end of the man John Wick doesn’t mean the end of the John Wick universe. Plans for the future of the franchise are as broad as the damage radius of a Dragon’s Breath ammo canister. On one side is the big screen Dancer spin-off coming in 2024, from John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum as he marked the dancers’ thread as murderers of Wick’s Ruska Roma family. On the front of the stage, Ana de Armas who, after her brief and dazzling appearance in there is no time to dieand its highly capable action-packed action the gray man – has long been in contention for a leading role in the action. Since it takes place between the events of chapter 3 AND chapter 4will feature an appearance by John Wick himself, as well as Ian McShane’s Winston and the late great Lance Reddick as janitor Charon (the film is being shot in Prague in late 2022).

What it doesn’t have is director Chad Stahelski, the director who helmed all of the film Wick film on the screen and whose unique partnership with Keanu Reeves ensured that the action sequences of the saga became more and more surprising from film to film. While Stahelsksi is on board as a producer and action stuntman at 87Eleven Productions (co-founded by the original john wick co-director David Leitch) are producing, it remains to be seen whether new director Len Wiseman can continue to push the boundaries of onscreen anarchy, a key factor in the success of the mainline series. It’s a john wick another movie john wick film without not only John Wick, but also his signature action style?

That’s not the only new business on the way. They chapter 4 The post-credits scene created a spin-off for Rina Sawayama’s Akira and Donnie Yen’s mindless killer Caine, an idea that certainly has potential, given Sawayama’s impressive film debut (as well as the his rise as one of the UK’s biggest and most creative pop artists). stars). ) and the legendary status of the yen. Also, there is a project focused on hotels the continent — not a sprawling serialized killer of the week’s show, but a tense three-part miniseries, delving into the decades-long history of Winston’s hideaway. It also tackles the task of not featuring major movie stars (Colin Woodell plays young Winston), but features Stahelski, Leitch, and screenwriter Derek Kolstad (behind the first three films) as executive producers.

the future of john wickSo it largely doesn’t appear to feature John Wick himself beyond the bizarre cameo canon allows, a potential sticking point for fans of Keanu, whose mastery of the action and inimitable aura are the hallmarks of key ingredients in the film. carefully calibrated build. . except the end of chapter 4 it may not be as definitive as we thought. In interviews with spoilers (including EmpireLater in the Spoiler Special podcast chat with Chad Stahelski (sign up here to hear it when it’s released), the film’s creators remained wary that this is really the end of Reeves’ heartbreaking revenge. We never see Wick die on screen, or his body afterward. There’s plenty of wiggle room if it’s decided that he’d actually faked his disappearance, and given the rambling lore the sequels particularly reveled in, the franchise’s lofty tone could allow Wick to return without irritating as well. spectators fans. much. . Appetite will surely be there – chapter 4 won the best $137.5 million series in the world in its opening weekend, it will surely add urgency to those Chapter 5 talks. Yes, we think she might come back.

Given the turmoil of this chapter 4 However, when Wick finally finds peace, he comes close to his memories of Helen, finally resting beside her, it would be a shame to go all out. leukocyte Season 6 and ask that the character be rescued from the afterlife for our benefit, bringing him back just when he thought he was out. This is why the sequel is that actually I want: a real John Wick mythology movie, swapping the underworld for the current underworld. After all these hints of ancient gods, circles of hell and evil deeds, it’s time to compromise and have Baba Yaga face Hades himself. There, the Boogeyman could finally meet a worthy opponent.