Keanu Reeves has insisted a fifth ‘John Wick’ film is unlikely to occur.
The 60-year-old actor had performed the murderer from the eponymous 2014 movie till the character’s passing in 2023’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, and has now pressured there in all probability received’t be extra films starring the hitman to return.
In an interview with ComicBook.com, he stated: “You understand, the character’s useless. He died in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’.”
Even when it was instructed to ‘The Matrix’ star that John Wick may very well be resurrected not directly, Reeves insisted that wasn’t a part of the dialogue at the moment.
When requested whether or not there was a plan to revive the murderer, he stated: “Proper now? Proper now there isn’t.”
‘John Wick’ producer Erica Lee had additionally beforehand admitted that “the celebs must align” if a fifth movie is ever to be made.
Talking with Display screen Rant, she stated: “I feel we set this bar so excessive in [‘John Wick: Chapter 4’] and we left all of it on the desk. I say we burn the home down once we make the film.
“So I feel to tug all of it collectively, it must be an excellent concept and the celebs must align, and there is a variety of stress to get that proper.
“So that is what I am most hopeful and excited and anxious about.”
Whereas Reeves’ time main the ‘John Wick’ franchise could also be over, the ‘Constantine’ actor is because of reprise his position for a quick look within the upcoming spin-off film ‘Ballerina’.
Starring Ana de Armas, the movie – which can be directed by Len Wiseman and produced by ‘John Wick’ creator Chad Stahelski – follows Eve Macarro as she begins her coaching within the murderer custom of the Ruska Roma.
Whereas de Armas will turn out to be an motion heroine of her personal, the ‘Blade Runner 2049’ star insisted she wouldn’t merely be a gender-swapped model of Reeves’ John Wick.
She advised Collider: “I feel there are some logos within the type of the fights in John Wick, and issues that he does which can be very specific to him.
“However as a result of on this film we’re seeing by Eve’s eyes the background of that coaching that John had, and the way these assassins and ballerinas, how these folks turn out to be these assassins, there are some little particulars which can be the identical, however Eve Macarro is Eve Macarro. She’s not John Wick!”
‘Ballerina’ will even see the return of Ian McShane’s New York Continental head Winston however the ‘Lovejoy’ actor beforehand stated he was “livid” that his struggle scene with Ana’s character was minimize from the film.
He lamented: “We now have an extended scene collectively the place she comes to go to me on the Continental and tries to struggle …
“We don’t speak about that. I’m livid. They minimize considered one of my struggle scenes.”
Whereas the motion sequence has been left on the slicing room ground, McShane teased there was nonetheless “a struggle scene with dialogue” between Winston and Eve.
He continued: “My scenes are dialogue struggle scenes. We now have a scene the place you [de Armas] attempt to get data from me, and that’s like getting blood out of a stone, as we are saying, attempting to get Winston to provide something away.
“So, in a way, it’s a struggle scene with dialogue, which you solely settle for after you understand that I’m in your facet.”