Last week, the John Wick saga reached a formidable milestone: $1 billion on the worldwide field workplace throughout the 4 movies within the collection. Not too shabby for a movie franchise constructed from the bottom up, and based mostly on nothing past Keanu Reeves’ love of stunt work and canines.
Now for those who’ve seen John Wick: Chapter 4, you recognize that its ending made it seem like the franchise might conceivably finish there. (No spoilers, however look, there’s solely so many individuals a person can kill out of revenge for the dying of his pet.) But what did we simply say? This franchise has made $1 billion — and the final one was the most important up to now, grossing $427 million worldwide. So we’re considering this character’s again, it doesn’t matter what the tip of John Wick 4 mentioned.
So does Lionsgate. On the corporate’s latest quarterly earnings name, its Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake mentioned the corporate is creating a John Wick: Chapter 5, together with a number of different John Wick spinoffs throughout movie, tv, and even video video games.
“We’re constructing out the world and when that fifth film comes, [it] will likely be natural, will likely be organically grown out of how we’re beginning to inform these tales. But you may depend on an everyday cadence of John Wick.” said Drake.
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The first John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, has already been shot; starring Ana de Armas (and featuring John Wick regulars Reeves, Ian McShane, and Lance Reddick in supporting roles), the thriller is scheduled to open in theaters in June of 2024. And the first TV series, a prequel called The Continental, premieres on Peacock in September.
John Wick: Chapter 4 suggested several potential spinoffs, most obviously one for Donnie Yen’s character, the blind assassin Caine. But the slam dunk idea to me is the John Wick video game. The whole premise seems perfect for games. You could do a story-heavy game featuring Reeves’ character. Or you could do some kind of online battle royale game set in the world of John Wick involving its quirky mythology of well-dressed assassins. Frankly it’s such an obvious money maker, it’s kind of shocking that hasn’t happened yet.
John Wick: Chapter 4 is available on demand right now. The 4K and Blu-ray go on sale on June 13.
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