The Director Of John Wick Is Taking On One Of The Weirdest Books Ever Written

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Typecasting typically affects actors by limiting the kinds of roles that casting directors and film producers are willing to offer. However, anyone paying attention will find that directors and screenwriters can get caught up in similarly singular expectations. Sometimes, however, a director adds a new spin on their trademark format and surprises the audience with something special.

Chad Stahelski has carved out a nice little niche for himself over the past decade. He's a gifted stunt coordinator who elevated his stellar understanding of fight scenes to the realm of feature film. He's put his fingerprint all over the modern action landscape, and everyone's wondering what he'll do next.

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Stahelski is best known for the ongoing John Wick franchise, for which he has served as director. With three films out, a fourth on the way, a fifth still in the planning stage, and a couple of spin-offs, it's a huge name in blockbuster cinema. Wick's distinctive style is among the most influential in the action movie genre. This has lead Stahelski to become an in-demand stunt coordinator and second unit director who handles combat in even larger action franchises, like both Marvel and DC comic book movies. He's taking the path most big directors enjoy nowadays, cutting his teeth on a mid-size film that becomes a hit and being handed one huge IP after another. Many members of the John Wick crew have followed a similar career trajectory, from screenwriter Derek Kolstad to uncredited co-director David Leitch. Stahelski's big project is an adaptation of Sony and Sucker Punch's hit game Ghost of Tsushima, but he announced a very different project recently.

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