BALLERINA is set between the events of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 — PARABELLUM and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4.. The main character, Rooney, is actually seen briefly in PARABELLUM. As John Wick enters the domain of Anjelica Huston's character, Rooney is dancing solo on stage. She's played by real-life ballerina Unity Phelan.
Directed by Len Wiseman, "Ballerina" is set between the events of 2019's "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" and "Chapter 4," which means Wick is still on the run from the high table and not yet dead (at least seemingly) of a bullet wound.
Set between the events of the third and fourth John Wick films, Ballerina stars Armas as an assassin trained in the tradition of the Ruska Roma, one of the 12 international criminal organizations that holds a seat at the High Table in John Wick lore.
Ballerina, the spinoff movie starring de Armas as another assassin in the John Wick universe, has been pushed back a year and will now hit theaters June 7, 2025, EW has confirmed.
Where does Ballerina fall in the John Wick timeline?
In the John Wick universe, Ballerina is set between the events of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. More specifically, Ballerina takes place about six months after the events in the third film.
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Is Ballerina before or after John Wick 4?
McShane revealed the main reason Ballerina takes place before Chapter 4 is to keep the suspense alive ahead of John Wick 5, which is currently in development. "This one is set in between John Wick 3 and John Wick 4, because Keanu is in it, too.
Run by The Director (Anjelica Huston), the Ruska Roma is where John Wick grew up, under his birth name, Jardani Jovonovich. An apparently strictly Orthodox Christian organization, John Wick presents the director with his rosary beads and crucifix to claim a debt owed him as the last member of his tribe.
Lionsgate announced today that Ballerina will be pushed back a full year, with the release date moving from June 7, 2024 to June 6, 2025. Deadline reports that the release date push will give Ballerina the opportunity to do a few reshoots.
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.
For John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the franchise took another big step forward with LGBTQ+ representation. Asia Kate Dillon, an actor with non-binary gender identity, was approached for the role of The Adjudicator, who exercised admirable agency in their request to have their character also be non-binary.
Wick is a legendary hitman who is reluctantly drawn back into the criminal underworld after retiring. The franchise began with the release of John Wick in 2014, followed by three sequels: Chapter 2 in 2017, Chapter 3 – Parabellum in 2019, and Chapter 4 in 2023.
Did Keanu Reeves learn martial arts for John Wick?
Keanu Reeves began his martial arts journey with The Matrix, but there would be no instant download of elite skills for John Wick. He spent four months learning Judo and Jiu-Jitsu for the first film. For the sequels, he embarked on a grueling boot camp with BJJ experts and mixed-martial artists the Machado brothers.
Iwanyk originally envisioned older actors such as Eastwood (then 83-years-old) or Harrison Ford (71-years-old) as John but later opted for an experienced actor rather than an elderly one.
While Halle Berry's return in John Wick 4 would have been a welcome one, the latest installment wanted to focus on newer characters. Although some older characters did return, they have been regulars throughout the franchise and were still essential to the story.
Ballerina, which stars Ana de Armas as murderous ballerina Rooney opposite Keanu Reeves as legendary assassin Wick, was originally scheduled to arrive in cinemas this summer but has now been given a new release date of 6 June 2025. The spinoff takes place between the events of John Wick 3 and John Wick 4.
At the moment, there is no official confirmation about John Wick 5 being in development at Lionsgate. However, we know we will see the character again, as the saga keeps growing in different ways — a spin-off movie starring Ana de Armas and Reeves, Ballerina, will arrive in summer 2025.
Summary. "The Continental" prequel series fails to confirm the popular theory that Winston is John Wick's father despite numerous connections between the characters.
Even though John Wick 5 has been confirmed to be in development (probably), we don't yet have an official release date for the next movie as of April 2024. The next John Wick movie we see will be the Ana de Armas-led spin-off Ballerina, which takes place between Chapters 3 and 4 in the timeline.
