John Wick With Anna De Arma: Info, Casting, Release… Everything You Need To Know About The Ballerina Spin-Off

Warning – The following article contains spoilers for the third and fourth films in the John Wick saga. Please continue if you haven’t seen them.

Launched in 2014, the John Wick saga continues to expand in theaters. After the fourth film, directed by Keanu Reeves, and then the prequel series The Continental, which can be seen on Prime Video, the franchise celebrates its tenth anniversary with a spin-off: Ballerina, which will explore one of the branches of the mythology presented in the third film. movie .

Release date: When is Ballerina coming out? where can i see

The film does not yet have a release date in France. Directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld, Die Hard 4), it’s scheduled for a June 7, 2024 release in the US, and it wouldn’t be surprising if it arrived in France two days earlier. At the cinema, our theaters have hosted all of Keanu Reeves’ feature films so far.

Starring: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves… Who plays Ballerina?

His brief but memorable appearance in the latest James Bond film, No Time to Die, was a revelation. Ana de Armas has since moved on to action roles, and after The Gray Man and The Ghost, Ballerina will give her a chance to prove her talent in that area a little more. In the shoes of a young killer who follows the trail of his family’s killers.

If his real name is not revealed, we already know that he is being dragged backstage at the Tarkovsky Theater by the director who runs the New York branch of Ruska Roma, one of the criminal organizations we meet. The Mythology of John Wick. In the third film, Anjelica Huston will return to the role of the ballerina.

Like Keanu Reeves, whose screen time is not clearly defined. Will there be a cameo? About the historic act of letting go of the baton? Or will it be central to the story? If we don’t meet him only in the corridors of the Continental Hotel, in the company of Lance Reddick (Sharon) and Ian McShane (Winston), other familiar faces from the saga announced in the casting.

As for the new guys, Norman Reedus will face opponents that are more mobile and alive than the Walking Dead zombies (as the villain of the story?). Gabriel Byrne will add some flair and charisma to an already lacking ensemble. According to IMDB, the French Anna Parillot will also be in the casting. And Abraham Popula, seen in Marvels and Morbius, will be joining another franchise.

Story: What does the ballerina say? When does the movie take place?

Officially, the ballerina is about a “A young woman raised as a killer sets out to find her family’s killers”. But John Wick audiences come less for the story than for the fights, and that should be the case with this opus as well. About which we know nothing about the party “action”.

Unless there’s a desire for unity, Len Wiseman’s direction will definitely be different from that of Chad Stahelski, the director of the first four films.

Going in a different direction would also be the best option for this spin-off to find its own identity. And the fact that the heroine grew up in a dance environment might allow the fight choreography to lean towards ballet.

Did you love her for 15 minutes? You will fall in love within two hours!

Today, the real question is more “Whenever“this “what”. Anjelica Huston’s character dies in John Wick 3, and Lance Reddick’s and Keanu Reeves’s in 4 (although we highly doubt the latter). If all three actresses are in the cast of Ballerina, then it could happen earlier in the past.

Between the second and third movie? Or parallel to the events of the feature film, like Jason Bourne did – Legacy in relation to Matt Damon’s central saga? Answer no later than June 2024.

But the producer Basil Ivanyk has already announced the color regarding Ana de Arma: “Loved you for 15 minutes? You’ll love it for two hours!”