Warning, this article contains SPOILERS for John Wick: Chapter 4! Actually, the thing at the end of “John Wick 4” seems pretty clear: the title character is dead. Lead actor Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski actually wanted to put the matter to rest and just add spin to the “John Wick” sequence. follow-up offs like “Ballerina” or “The Continental”. But suddenly there is a “John Wick 5‘ but again very specific to the debate.
Responsible for this is, on the one hand, the record start of “John Wick 4” at the German, American and worldwide box office. The fourth film grossed $137.5 million worldwide on its opening weekend, significantly more than the first installment during its entire theatrical release. On the one hand, the really strong box office results mean that “John Wick 5” suddenly seems much more likely – that’s how the movie business works in Hollywood.
Lionsgate boss wants “John Wick 5”
On the other hand, Joe Drake, the head of “John Wick” studio Lionsgate, has now confirmed that a sequel is no longer completely out of the question. Opposite the American industry magazine Referring to the aforementioned finale, Drake explained, “There is a will and an opportunity. And you can certainly interpret that ending in different ways.”
At first, everyone involved can take a break, but then they play off different ideas to see if there’s a credible way to make a fifth movie after all. “But there is no guarantee,” Drake emphasizes. One possibility, which the head of the studio also touches on, is one for the first”“Jan WickSet prequel. But even the agelessly young-looking Keanu Reeves may not be able to sell this with limited credibility for a few years.
The statements by the head of the studio about possible brainstorming are not completely out of the blue, but also correspond to statements by director Chad Stahelski. The “John Wick” movies are always late in Japanese cinemas, Stahelski said and if that were the case this time, he and Keanu Reeves would start thinking about a sequel over a few glasses of whiskey in September 2023.
Does Studio Lionsgate really want to wait that long? Anyway, we can imagine John Wick 5 being announced much sooner if John Wick: Chapter 4 continues to do well at the box office…