Lionsgate is developing a John Wick spinoff movie around Donnie Yen's Caine assassin character. Yen will reprise his John Wick: Chapter 4 role in the untitled project set to shoot in Hong Kong in 2025.
The world of “John Wick” is expanding even more. Donnie Yen's blind assassin Caine, who was introduced in last year's “John Wick: Chapter 4,” will be the center of a new spinoff.
John Wick 5 is in development, with Chad Stahelski working on the story. While a release date is yet to be confirmed, the cast is expected to include Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, and Laurence Fishburne. The plot remains a mystery, but fans can expect more adrenaline-fueled action from the legendary hitman.
The Continental explores the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, as he's dragged into the hell-scape of 1970's New York City to face a past he thought he'd left behind.
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Is Winston John Wick's dad?
John was born Jardani Jovonovich in a Padhorje village somewhere in the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union to a Ruska Roma family on September 2, 1964. He was orphaned at a young age before being taken in by an old friend of his father, Winston, who would eventually become John's mentor.
Nevertheless, there are ways in which the fifth and final chapter could be told. John Wick had adventures before the first four movies, and such tales could be interwoven with present-day events. Likewise, it's highly likely that Wick isn't quite as dead as he would seem, allowing for one more blood-soaked story.
The franchise has various spin-offs in development, beginning with the limited series The Continental: From the World of John Wick debuting in 2023, and the film John Wick Presents: Ballerina scheduled for a 2025 release.
Ballerina is set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), following a skilled female assassin (De Armas) as she hunts down the killers of her family. Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne and series lead Keanu Reeves also feature in the cast.
Played by Shamier Anderson, Mr. Nobody, also known as Tracker, is a bounty hunter with his sights set on Keanu Reeves' eponymous assassin, though bides his time taking Wick down until the reward hits a certain point.
Keanu Reeves has made $22 million for playing John Wick, with the bulk of that being his $15 million salary for John Wick: Chapter 4. Reeves' salaries for the earlier John Wick movies ranged from $1-2 million to $2-2.5 million, showing a significant increase over time.
Originally planned as the series finale, John Wick 5 might be the last mainline movie with Reeves in the titular role, considering his age and the physical demands of the franchise. However, the John Wick universe is expanding with spin-offs and prequels, ensuring the legacy of the iconic hitman endures.
Journal: Mr. Nobody is shown to own a journal that appears to be handwritten which contains information on a number of figures in the criminal underworld and their symbols, including John Wick, the Marquis Vincent de Gramont and the Bowery King.
Lionsgate is developing a John Wick spinoff movie around Donnie Yen's Caine assassin character. Yen will reprise his John Wick: Chapter 4 role in the untitled project set to shoot in Hong Kong in 2025.
Whether or not a fifth movies come to fruition, the “John Wick” franchise will continue in 2024 with the Ana de Armas-starring spinoff “Ballerina,” which features Reeves' assassin in a supporting role.
While the John Wick franchise is great at world-building, there has been nothing in the previous three movies that hinted toward Winston being John's biological father. Though the pair grew closer with each consecutive release, they were nothing more than allies in the John Wick series.
Basil Iwanyk and Derek Kolstad's action thriller franchise John Wick follows Keanu Reeves' titular and stylish assassin feared throughout the Russian criminal underworld as Baba Yaga — John Wick's nickname — which supposedly means boogeyman.
Both the blind swordsman Caine (Donnie Yen) and the lethal tracker Mr. Nobody (Shamier Anderson) are hot on his trail. While none of the previous films in the John Wick franchise featured a post-credit stinger, John Wick: Chapter 4 includes one brief post-credit scene at the very end of the credits.
John Wick: Chapter 4, released on March 24, 2023, takes place six months after the third installment. Since the events between the first and the fourth happened the same year, John Wick is still either 50 years old or maybe 51. Although the character's age stays the same, Keanu Reeves's age changed from the first film.
Though there will only be five John Wick movies, plenty of spinoff series can fill the void. One of these is rumored to focus on one of Halle Berry's greatest roles, Sofia Al-Azwar.
