John Wick isn’t dead. He’s so not dead that Lionsgate is literally exploiting the franchise at full tilt with an animated version, a Donnie Yen directed Caine character spinoff and yes, of course, a John Wick: Chapter 5 with Keanu Reeves returning to star, franchise filmmaker Chad Stahelski back to direct and produce and Thunder Road producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee also returning to produce.
All of this went down at Lionsgate’s beefy CinemaCon presentation this morning at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas.
The most recent film in the franchise, John Wick: Chapter 4, took in over $440 million at the worldwide box office, with each of the first four films accomplishing the rare feat of outperforming its predecessor. The franchise as a whole has earned over $1 billion at the global box office. In addition to the four hit films, the John Wick Universe includes two spinoff films, including Ballerina, to be released June 6, and a spinoff directed by and starring Donnie Yen reprising his Caine character, set to start production this summer. In addition, Lionsgate Television produced the series The Continental: From the World of John Wick for Peacock and Amazon Prime, and the Company is developing the highly anticipated series John Wick: Under the High Table, which Stahelski and Keanu Reeves are executive producing. The studio recently opened an immersive John Wick experience in Las Vegas and has a John Wick AAA video game in the works.
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Fogelson said, “Keanu, Chad, Basil, and Erica would not return unless they had something truly phenomenal and fresh to say with these characters and this world. We can’t wait for audiences to see where the journey takes us next.”
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Iwanyk and Lee said, “It’s so important to get this story right and give John’s story the proper next step. It’s exciting to take the first step on that road.”