Lionsgate Really Wants “John Wick: Chapter 5”

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While initially conceived to be shot back-to-back with a fifth entry, “John Wick: Chapter 4” successfully bids farewell to the franchise.

It’s a daring transfer that takes the sequence out on prime as every entry has opened to greater numbers than its predecessor and “John Wick: Chapter 4” simply debuted to the type of launch any main studio could be envious of.

Not solely did the movie nab a $73.5 million home and $137.5 million worldwide debut weekend for an R-rated image, nevertheless it’s additionally pulling within the type of mainstream crucial numbers not likely seen on a tentpole movie since “Prime Gun: Maverick” final yr – albeit only a bit shy of that universally celebrated Tom Cruise automobile.

Lionsgate Movement Image Group Chair Joe Drake tells Deadline that regardless of this seemingly being the final entry, the studio has no intentions to sundown this franchise:

“I feel the film can run and run, given its CinemaScore… We’re not able to say goodbye to Keanu with this franchise. It’s what different there might be. There are plenty of various things that we are able to do. I’ve seen this film 5 occasions within the final week. I can see the best way that the viewers strikes him.”

Reeves is already confirmed to be making a small look within the spin-off movie “The Ballerina” starring Ana de Armas and directed by Len Wiseman. That movie is focusing on a Spring/Summer time 2024 debut.

Drake additionally confirms “The Continental” spin-off prequel sequence will air this Fall and “the episodes are practically completed”. The present is ready within the Seventies and can element how Winston grew to become the supervisor of the Continental together with exploring parts of this world.

Producer Erica Lee has comparable ideas to Drake, telling Collider this morning:

“There may be one other movie that we’re growing that I feel we’ll be asserting within the subsequent, say, month or two. Then, I’m hopeful there’s a ‘Ballerina 2,’ and ‘John Wick 5,’ and many different issues. However we’re growing plenty of stuff and having plenty of discussions with plenty of writers and model administration and Wick universe is my utmost precedence.”

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is now in cinemas.

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