The ‘John Wick’ universe expands with a spin-off starring the ‘Blonde’ actress
The ‘John Wick’ universe does not stop expanding. To the premiere of ‘John Wick 4’, which is just around the corner, and the announcement that the series ‘The Continental’ will premiere on Amazon Prime Video at the end of 2023, now adds the start of production in Prague of ‘Ballerina’, the spin-off of the franchise that will star Ana de Armas and that it will have the presence of Keanu Reeves himself resuming his role as John Wick.
In case you’ve been living in a bubble for the past decade, here’s a quick recap of John Wick’s story: Born as Jardani Jovanovich in BelarusJohn Wick is an orphan who was adopted by the Ruska Roma, a criminal syndicate, who began training him as a contract killer. John Wick becomes such an effective assassin that he becomes known as ‘Babayaga’, ‘The coconut’ or ‘The bogeyman’. But love comes into his life and John withdraws from the world of crime, with the bad luck that his beloved dies of cancer 5 years later. John Wick is left with the only company of the dog that they both shared. And they go and (innocent they) kill the dogunleashing a vengeful fury like you’ve never seen in an action saga before and kicking off several of Keanu Reeves’ best movies.
The spin-off starring Ana de Armas will delve into the history of Ruska Roma, the criminal organization led by The Director (Anjelica Huston) that we were able to glimpse briefly in ‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’.
‘Ballerina (John Wick)’, Crew and Synopsis
‘Ballerina’, Directed by Len Wiseman (‘Underworld’) and written by Shay Hatten (‘John Wick 3: Parabellum’), will tell the story of a young woman trained as an assassin since she was little who seeks revenge against those who killed not her dog, but her entire family.
The underworld of criminal dancers in the style of ‘Black Widow’ appeared briefly in the third installment of the saga starring Keanu Reeves, leaving the seed planted for this new project that is already underway under the supervision of producers Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Chad Stahelski.
‘Ballerina (John Wick)’, Release date
Filming has started in Prague, but for the moment no release date has been set. The normal thing would be to be able to enjoy ‘Ballerina’ throughout 2024.
‘Ballerina (John Wick)’, Cast
Ana de Armas will be the absolute protagonist of ‘Ballerina’a role that has undoubtedly come to the actress after her good work in the action scenes of the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, ‘No time to die’, where the Spanish-Cuban artist surprised with one of the best action scenes of the year
Anjelica Huston She is finally confirmed to repeat her role as the Director of the Soviet mafia, a role she played in ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’, the film from which the idea for this new title stems. The return of ian mcshane as the manager of the Hotel El Continental.
The star of ‘The Walking Dead’ Norman Reedus He will also have an important role in the spin-off, although for the moment his character remains anonymous.
Also, Collider has reported exclusively the presence of Keanu Reeves on set of the film, although at the moment we do not know if John Wick will have an important role in the plot or if it will be a simple cameo.
‘Ballerina (John Wick)’, Trailer and Images
As production progresses and the first images of the film come out, we will expand the information on ‘Ballerina’ in this article.
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