The fourth installment of the Keanu Reeves starrer John Wick: Chapter 4 is about to hit the floors soon. The tentative date for the commencement of the production has been set to be sometime later this year.
In case you were wondering about the John Wick franchise and had lingering doubts about whether it is dead or alive, well, I am glad to quell away all your doubts that the John Wick franchise is still alive and raring to go again. It was announced during the pandemic affected fall of 2020 that the fourth and fifth films of John Wick will be shot simultaneously. The tentative release date of the fourth John Wick film has been set to be sometime in the year 2022.
Apart from some rumors, we do not have a clear cut idea pertaining to the official commencement date for production. However, now a recent report has emerged, which has alluded to the fact that things are indeed mobile in the appropriate direction for John Wick Chapter 4.
Now, in the latest interview with ever-reliable Collider, one of the pivotal actors of the franchise Ian McShane, who is renowned for the role of John Wick’s frenemy Winston, has talked about the film. Ian McShane’s Winston is a longtime owner of the Continental Hotel, which has been featured throughout the three films. He is also the current primary nemesis of John Wick after orchestrating the death of him in the final moments of the third film.
In the interview, he has talked about the film and has said that during the eve of the New Year, he and Keanu Reeves did exchange some pleasantries and said that they hope to see each other this year. He added that the story of the film is being written and acknowledged the fact that the fourth and fifth film of the franchise will be simultaneously shot. However, despite everything being said by the studio, Ian McShane hopes that the producers will most definitely begin the production of John Wick 4 in 2021.
John Wick Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 were a part of a bunch of movies that got hit by the pandemic in March of 2020. However, the studio (Lionsgate) knows for a fact that the character John Wick has become a pop culture icon, which is evident from the affluence John Wick: Parabellum attained in 2018 despite the releases of high profile blockbusters like Deadpool and Avengers: Infinity War during that time.
Considering that John Wick is a box office magnet, the producers will begin the production operations as soon as the time permits them.
As things stand, John Wick: Chapter 4 will be released on May the 27th, 2022, and John Wick 5 will definitely follow it sometime in 2023. Things have hyped for the fourth film since John Wick’s fall from the building in the climax of John Wick: Chapter 3-Parabellum.
In the final minutes of the film, we saw John Wick to be alive and raring to go against the people who betrayed him in the company of Laurence Fishburne’s character Bowery King.
The fans were glad to know that the likes of Halle Berry and Jerome Flynn have also joined the cast.
It has been theorized by the fans that Keanu Reeves’ John Wick will ultimately go against the “High Table.”