John Wick Director Talks Potential for 5th Movie
John Wick: Chapter 4 may not be hitting theaters until next year, and the Ana de Armas spinoff Ballerina hasn’t even started filming yet, but that won’t stop franchise director Chad Stahelski from already teasing part five by claiming the studio is fully on board to keep on making John Wick movies.
Stahelski’s words came during an exclusive interview, as per Collider, when addressing the topic of John Wick 5 being greenlit as far back as 2020 with the same duo made up by the director and John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, as well as protagonist Keanu Reeves. However, despite ratifying his intent on making more movies, Stahelski admits the entire team was kind of taken away by the success of the first John Wick, claiming they “made it as a fun little action movie that we'd like to see.”
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Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the interview is how John Wick's approach was never as strictly planned as other franchises with multiple sequels, explaining that while “ it is the studio's [full] intention to continue the franchise”, the team never set out to make a set number of movies. Stahelski is pretty grateful for John Wick’s success, as he admits “it's changed our lives. It changed my life. It changed Keanu's life. It's changed a lot of other people's lives. And people still want to see more.”
Still, the director does not let such levels of success get to his head, saying it’s “f**cking flattering” that fans want to see more of John Wick, even for a franchise that’s put out three movies in 8 years since the first one premiered. Nevertheless, Stahleski’s repertoire is not John Wick only as he initially granted the interview to discuss his producing role in Netflix’s Day Shift, starring Jamie Foxx, besides
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