John Wick is the light at the end of the tunnel, the gentle ray of sunshine after a storm, at least for some action fans. The Keanu Reeves series consistently delivers some of the best fight and chase scenes in Hollywood. That doesn’t seem to change with John Wick: Chapter 4, which is already being celebrated as “one of the best action films of all time” in the first reactions. But what if this light goes out or thick clouds gather? In other words, what if John Wick 5 doesn’t get filmed for now?
John Wick 5 is on hold, at least according to director Chad Stahelski
Chad Stahelski has directed all previous John Wick films and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter he was asked about the future of the series. His answer:
If it’s up to us, Keanu and I are done for now. We’re giving John Wick a breather.
Based on that, there is at least one major break between John Wick 4 and 5, or even an ending for the assassin. However, Stahelski puts his statements into perspective:
I’m sure the studio has a plan. If all [John Wick 4] love […], let’s take a quiet minute. The Wick movies are always the last to come out in Japan […]. Keanu and I then take a long trip to Tokyo, we sit in the Imperial Hotel bar and we ask ourselves, ‘What do you think?’ We drink some 20 year old whiskeys and write some ideas on napkins. If we like them, then maybe we’ll make a film.
So now you know not only that there’s still hope for John Wick: Chapter 5, but also how boozy the brainstorming for new installments in the Keanu Reeves series is going on.
That’s what the 4th part of the series is about
The following is known from the official side:
John Wick takes on his deadliest opponents yet in the upcoming fourth installment of the series. As the price that’s on his head keeps growing, Wick extends his fight against the high table to the rest of the worldas he seeks out the most powerful minds in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka and Berlin.
John Wick: Chapter 4 will be in German cinemas on March 23.