They still work together on ‘John Wick’, but David Leitch and Chad Stahelski have since gone their separate ways, which has proven to be a real asset, at least for American action cinema. While Stahelski expanded the “John Wick” series as a director and took it to new heights, Leitch turned to blockbuster cinema with films like “Hobbs & Shaw” and “Deadpool 2” and co-founded with his wife Kelly McCormick Action a new on. forge called 87North.
At 87North they take a very special, but so far quite successful approach: while on the one hand, up-and-coming talents behind the camera are given the opportunity to direct a mid-budget action film, in a training camp they train stars who are otherwise better known as character actors until they cleaning up in front of the camera on a “John Wick” level. The result: films like ‘Nobody’ with Bob Odenkirk, ‘Violent Night’ with David Harbor or ‘Kate’ with Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
‘With Love’: New action hit from the ‘John Wick’ makers?
At the beginning of 2024 we reported on 87North’s new project, called “With Love” and also has a combination of a promising new director and a familiar face in front of the camera: the leading role is taken over Ke Huy Quanwho, after a career as a child star (“The Goonies”, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”), recently celebrated his critically acclaimed comeback with “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and even won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Meanwhile, the director is in charge Jonathan Eusebio, who initially worked as a stuntman on series like “Charmed” and “Angel” before becoming a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer on films like “300” and “The Avengers.” He was also recently involved in “Deadpool 2”, “Kate” and “Violent Night”, among others. It only makes sense that he can now celebrate his directorial debut for 87North.
2 new stars for “With Love””
In recent days, there have been two new cast additions to “With Love”: First of all became the female lead Ariana DeBose busysuch as the American industry magazine reported. DeBose is also an Oscar winner, she could do one Academy Award for her stellar performance in Steven Spielberg’s musical “West Side Story.” harvest. Fueled by this, she also recently appeared in ‘Westworld’ and ‘Argylle’ and lent her powerful voice to main character Asha in the original version of Disney’s animated film ‘Wish’.
How continues to report, will too Daniel Wu star in ‘With love’.. Wu is active as an actor, producer and director in Hong Kong and the US and mainly focuses on a Western audience known for films and series such as ‘Warcraft’, ‘Tomb Raider’ with Alicia Vikander and the martial arts series ‘Into The Badlands’., in which he played the main character Sunny. He was last seen in “American Born Chinese” on Disney+. So Wu already has a lot of action experience.
It is not yet known what exactly ‘With Love’ is about or when the recordings will start. But now that the cast is gradually being replenished, it should actually start very soon. A (cinematic) release could then take place at the end of 2024 or early 2025.