At the side of his old partner Chad Stahelski, director and ex-stuntman David Leitch decisively shaped modern action cinema with “John Wick”, whose representatives have since often tried to imitate the Kenau-Reeves shooting. While Stahelski pursued his passion for action with “Atomic Blonde”, “Deadpool 2”, “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw” and most recently “Bullet Train”, Stahelski continued to single-handedly direct the “John Wick” series (Part 4 begins on March 23, 2023), but Leitch remains with the franchise as a producer to this day.
And it is precisely in this function that the filmmaker also launches other action vehicles, such as the recent Bob Odenkirk one-man show “Nobody” or the less contemplative Santa Claus kills bad boys spectacle “Violent night”. With “Ballerina Overdrive” (not to be confused with the upcoming “John Wick spin-off”ballerina‘) another firework of action must now be added to Leitch’s vitalike the journal reported first. But again he leaves the directing to someone else – and that gives at least a little stomach ache…
Can Vicky Jodenon make amends for The Witcher: Blood Origin?
For the staging of “Ballerina Overdrive” the British Vicky Jewishson take responsibilitywho delivered at least routine genre fare with some surprising violent peaks with the thriller “Close” in 2019, but didn’t quite cover herself with fame with her latest project: That’s how she was one of two directors of the largely panting spin-off “The Witcher”The Witcher: Blood Origin“ (On the subject, we recommend this Watch the video from our YouTube moderator Sebastian).
The prequel miniseries didn’t quite score with a thrilling staging, but in the defense of Jodenon, it can still be said that its main weaknesses were more in the script. And so, despite a slight downer ahead, there’s still hope that with “Ballerina Overdrive” the director can show if she really has what it takes when it comes to exciting action sequences – especially since with Heidi and Renae Moneymaker (“Hawkeye , “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3”), two true experts in stunt work are assigned to work for a “dance-based action choreography” take care of.
Girl Power cast
Indeed, the focus of “Ballerina Overdrive” is a group of ballerinas whose bus breaks down on their way to a dance competition. After finding shelter in a remote flophouse, they soon find themselves fighting to survive. Among others, “Game Of Thrones” star Lena Headey, Lana Condor (“To All The Boys” series), Millicent Simmonds (“A Quiet Place”), Yara Shahidi (“Grown-ish”) will be in front of the camera. , Isabela Merced (“Father of the Bride”) and Iris Apatow (“The Bubble”).
Filming will start in Serbia in the second quarter of 2023, so a cinema or streaming start in 2024 seems realistic.