{"id":1904837,"date":"2026-04-27T08:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904837"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:47:15","slug":"john-wick-5-gets-first-positive-update-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904837","title":{"rendered":"John Wick 5 Gets First Positive Update in a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-28683165 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/john-wick-chapter-5\">John Wick 5<\/a> just got a positive update that suggests the movie will be made eventually, but it still sounds some way away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Plans for <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-5-is-official-and-yes-keanu-reeves-is-back-to-give-johns-story-the-proper-next-step\"><u>a full John Wick: Chapter 5<\/u><\/a>, once again starring Keanu Reeves, were announced April last year, but just two months later, in June, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-director-of-john-wick-is-still-trying-to-work-out-how-to-make-keanu-reeves-in-john-wick-5-make-sense-given-the-ending-of-4\"><u>director Chad Stahelski said he was still trying to work out a story for the sequel<\/u><\/a> in order to work around the climactic ending of John Wick: Chapter 4. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em><strong>Warning!<\/strong><\/em><em> Spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4 follow.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">John Wick appears to die at the end of <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/john-wick-chapter-4\"><u>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/u><\/a> after, once again, defeating the bad guys. We even get to see John Wick\u2019s gravestone, with Winston (Ian McShane) and the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) saying their farewells. But, crucially, we only see John Wick collapse from his injuries and <em>appear<\/em> to die.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Ranking the John Wick Movies<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buckle up for some of the coolest carnage around. A world of assassins. Secret hotels for contract killers. Ground rules like &quot;No Outside Food!&quot; The world of John Wick is rich and lethal and it hasn't produced a bad movie yet! The trick, however, is...naming the best one! \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)&lt;p&gt;\n\n\nComing in at number four is the still-great John Wick: Chapter 2, the first sequel of the series, where Wick, after attaining bloody revenge for his grief therapy puppy, is called upon to kill a crime lord on behalf of that crime lord's jealous brother...on behalf of a blood oath that Wick owes the jealous brother. It's a solid action shoot-em-up follow-up that kicks off the whole &quot;price on his head&quot; bounty storyline that fuels the insanity of the next two films. Wick trying to make his way through Manhattan, pursued by Common, with every nefarious assassin coming out of the woodwork, is a prime Wick. John Wick: Chapter 2 opens up the World o' Wick, laying the groundwork for this tragic, violent story to continue on toward a point of no return. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 5 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) &lt;p&gt;\n\n\nAt number 3? Chapter 3! And what a wild freakin' ride this movie is. Wick barely outruns a $14 million dollar bounty, seeks refuge with his O.G. crime family -- the Ruska Roma -- kills a bunch of people in Casablanca, dedicates his soul (and finger) to The Elder, and then fends off the The Adjudicator's small army at the NYC Continental. All to get betrayed by Ian McShane's Winston in the end. It's a thrilling, action-packed adventure that very much acts as a bridging story, picking up with Chapter 2's cliffhanger and ending with a cliffhanger of its own. But it's got horse stunts, Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos, and another upsetting dog death. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. John Wick (2014)&lt;p&gt;\n\nLanding in second place is the original revenge thriller, where it all started, 2014's John Wick! A New York crime boss' dipsh*t son runs afoul of not just any retired assassin -- THE retired assassin -- and it's off to the races. Neither pleas of mercy nor threats of violence can stop underworld boogeyman John Wick from killing everyone in his path to get revenge on this little a-hole for killing his sweet, tiny dog. Before spiraling outward into a gunslinging globe-trotting odyssey, the first John Wick was just a tight, thrilling murderfest about a grieving monster who unfortunately gets awakened for (what he thinks is) one final killing spree. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)&lt;p&gt;\n\nJohn Wick: Chapter 4 closes out Wick's tale of redemption and damnation in epic fashion. Pitted against the High Table, which is using all of its vast resources to burn the world (and various Continentals) to kill him, Wick challenges the Marquis to a duel. But can Wick even make it to the duel with a $26 million dollar bounty on his head? It's a race against time into certain death as the hitman whose frightened peers refer to as &quot;Baba Yaga&quot; puts it all on the line to take to steal himself a seat at the High Table. It's the perfect culmination of a series that expanded its lore, and the art of violence, with each successive movie. The battle on the Rue Foyatier and the Arc de Triomphe car chase are not to be missed!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">So, how can Reeves continue as Wick? Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/chad-stahelski-john-wick-keanu-reeves-ballerina-caine-1236232553\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>The Hollywood Reporter<\/u><\/a> asked Stahelski if he&#8217;d managed to work that out yet in a recent interview. Here\u2019s the exchange:<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>THR: You\u2019ve said that John Wick 5 won\u2019t renege on the ending of 4, that John Wick will still have died. Has that evolved? The last time we spoke last year, you were trying to crack it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>Chad Stahelski:<\/strong> I\u2019m not going to lie to you, it\u2019s a bit of a conundrum. Me and Mike Finch \u2014 the writer on 4 who\u2019s also writing 5 \u2014 we\u2019ve got a pretty good story that I think is cool. Once we have a 50-page book, and if we\u2019re feeling it, we\u2019ll sit with Keanu and shape this thing. Look, everybody seems to want it. It\u2019s a matter of whether we crack it. We\u2019re actively working on it. It\u2019s just \u2026 is it going to be satisfying?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Now, a year later, comments from Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Adam Fogelson suggest Reeves and Stahelski have indeed cracked it.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/lionsgate-boss-michael-reshoots-rambo-prequel-john-wick-2026-4\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>, Folgelson said: \u201cChad and Keanu have an idea that they think can be really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That\u2019s certainly positive news for John Wick 5, but Folgelson said the Donnie Yen Caine spinoff and animated prequel will both come out before both it. &#8220;There are a lot of steps, so I wouldn&#8217;t want to put a timeline on it,\u201d Folgelson continued. \u201cBut in terms of finding a core idea, they seem to have landed on something that they are excited about, and now we&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Keanu Reeves Movie Stunts<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Whether it\u2019s the martial arts magic of Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise hanging from dangerous heights, insane stunts performed by headlining thespians help immerse fans in the movies. And no one goes Whoa-verboard quite like Keanu Reeves.\u00a0&lt;p&gt;\nKeanu is one of the good ones, constantly challenging himself for the sake of cinema. He\u2019s learned Kung Fu, Gun Fu, Wire Fu, and even tried out an English accent in Bram Stoker's Dracula. All equally difficult. What began with Speed and the Matrix movies now extends into the John Wick saga, and that\u2019s Keanu\u2019s devotion to delivering the goods when it comes to mass murder. Here\u2019s a quick look at some of Keanu Reeves' most awesome stunt work.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Surfing in Point Break&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Surf's (and we cannot stress this enough) up.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nWetter is indeed better as we start the Keanu stunts humbly with a small swell off the coast of Hermosa Beach. Keanu may have left the actual skydiving to plane-leaping enthusiast Patrick Swayze in 1991\u2019s Point Break, but surfing \u2013 man, those tasty waves became Johnny Utah\u2019s Hang 10 hobby both on and off screen. Keanu learned to surf for the film and\u2026 look, we\u2019re mostly in awe that Keanu wasn\u2019t already a surfer somehow.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 11 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Riding Under a Moving Bus in Speed&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;The bus that couldn't slow down.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nA few years later Keanu would feel like a freak on a leash in 1994\u2019s Speed, about a bus in Los Angeles carrying an explosive secret. No, not that public transportation is a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly alternative to driving. An actual bomb. The movie itself was not a bomb of course, thanks in part to stunts like this where Keanu was slowly fed under a moving bus like someone was fishing for devil\u2019s concubines. Or advocates. And it\u2019s one of the best bits in the film.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Martial Arts in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;I know Kung Fu.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nKeanu would strike action\/sci-fi gold with 1999\u2019s The Matrix, which had him and his castmates training for months to get dope at Kung Fu so that they could do the fights themselves, as demonstrated in the iconic dojo sparring scene between Neo and Morpheus. Keanu\u2019s impressive regimen included learning Jiu-Jitsu, Wushu, Boxing, Aikido, and Krav Maga. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Wire Fu in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Down to the wire.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nHaving gotten a taste of dangling in Point Break and Speed, it was time for Keanu to graduate to Wire Fu, which he\u2019d utilize in all four Matrix films - whether he was going round and round with Agent Smith or cartwheeling over those guys in the chateau he took too long to defeat in The Matrix Reloaded.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Bullet Time in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;There's no time like...&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nOf course, there\u2019s also the game-changing \u201cbullet time\u201d visual effect introduced in The Matrix, which Keanu graciously bent over backwards for. No, he didn\u2019t have to spend weeks getting trained by experts in the art of the limbo dance to do this, but still it was mighty cool of him to be physically there for the process.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It makes sense that yet another mainline John Wick movie would be greenlit, given John Wick: Chapter 4 took in over $440 million at the worldwide box office and each of the first four films accomplishing the rare feat of outperforming its predecessor. But John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, is 61 years old. How old will he be when it comes to shooting John Wick 5? 62? 63? While Reeves has shown remarkable staying power in the action genre, continuing to do much of his own &#8216;Gun fu&#8217; close-quarters fighting in the John Wick films, he can&#8217;t go on forever.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In December 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/keanu-reeves-jeff-fowler-on-stepping-into-the-sonic-universe\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reeves told CBS News<\/a> that he wasn&#8217;t sure his body would be up to the task of making another John Wick movie. &#8220;You can never say never,\u201d Reeves said at the time. \u201cMy knees right now are saying \u2018I can\u2019t do another John Wick.&#8217; So my heart does but I don\u2019t know if my knees can do it.\u201d Of course, four months later, John Wick 5 starring Reeves was announced.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Two additional John Wick spinoffs are already in development, including the aforementioned <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-anime-film-prequel-will-tell-the-story-of-john-wicks-impossible-task-keanu-reeves-to-voice-character\"><u>anime prequel that will tell the story of John Wick\u2019s &#8216;Impossible Task,&#8217;<\/u><\/a> and the <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-spinoff-film-centered-on-donnie-yens-caine-officially-in-the-works\"><u>spinoff featuring Donnie Yen&#8217;s character, Caine<\/u><\/a>. There are even <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/there-are-whispers-of-a-samurai-western-spinoff-set-in-keanu-reeves-john-wick-universe\">whispers of a samurai western spinoff set in the John Wick universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In May 2025, Stahelski told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/john-wick-chapter-5-really-different-new-story-exclusive\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire<\/a> to expect something different from John Wick 5.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cThe saga of John Wick was pretty wrapped up,\u201d Stahelski said. \u201cSo the only way to do a 5 is to have a new story that involves John Wick. It\u2019s not a continuation with the High Table. John dealt with his grief. It will be really different, and everybody [will] see the trailer and go, \u2018Holy f**k&#8230; I gotta see that.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/john-wick-chapter-5\">John Wick 5<\/a> just got a positive update that suggests the movie will be made eventually, but it still sounds some way away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Plans for <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-5-is-official-and-yes-keanu-reeves-is-back-to-give-johns-story-the-proper-next-step\"><u>a full John Wick: Chapter 5<\/u><\/a>, once again starring Keanu Reeves, were announced April last year, but just two months later, in June, <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-director-of-john-wick-is-still-trying-to-work-out-how-to-make-keanu-reeves-in-john-wick-5-make-sense-given-the-ending-of-4\"><u>director Chad Stahelski said he was still trying to work out a story for the sequel<\/u><\/a> in order to work around the climactic ending of John Wick: Chapter 4. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em><strong>Warning!<\/strong><\/em><em> Spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 4 follow.<\/em><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">John Wick appears to die at the end of <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/john-wick-chapter-4\"><u>John Wick: Chapter 4<\/u><\/a> after, once again, defeating the bad guys. We even get to see John Wick\u2019s gravestone, with Winston (Ian McShane) and the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) saying their farewells. But, crucially, we only see John Wick collapse from his injuries and <em>appear<\/em> to die.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Ranking the John Wick Movies<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buckle up for some of the coolest carnage around. A world of assassins. Secret hotels for contract killers. Ground rules like &quot;No Outside Food!&quot; The world of John Wick is rich and lethal and it hasn't produced a bad movie yet! The trick, however, is...naming the best one! \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)&lt;p&gt;\n\n\nComing in at number four is the still-great John Wick: Chapter 2, the first sequel of the series, where Wick, after attaining bloody revenge for his grief therapy puppy, is called upon to kill a crime lord on behalf of that crime lord's jealous brother...on behalf of a blood oath that Wick owes the jealous brother. It's a solid action shoot-em-up follow-up that kicks off the whole &quot;price on his head&quot; bounty storyline that fuels the insanity of the next two films. Wick trying to make his way through Manhattan, pursued by Common, with every nefarious assassin coming out of the woodwork, is a prime Wick. John Wick: Chapter 2 opens up the World o' Wick, laying the groundwork for this tragic, violent story to continue on toward a point of no return. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 5 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) &lt;p&gt;\n\n\nAt number 3? Chapter 3! And what a wild freakin' ride this movie is. Wick barely outruns a $14 million dollar bounty, seeks refuge with his O.G. crime family -- the Ruska Roma -- kills a bunch of people in Casablanca, dedicates his soul (and finger) to The Elder, and then fends off the The Adjudicator's small army at the NYC Continental. All to get betrayed by Ian McShane's Winston in the end. It's a thrilling, action-packed adventure that very much acts as a bridging story, picking up with Chapter 2's cliffhanger and ending with a cliffhanger of its own. But it's got horse stunts, Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos, and another upsetting dog death. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2. John Wick (2014)&lt;p&gt;\n\nLanding in second place is the original revenge thriller, where it all started, 2014's John Wick! A New York crime boss' dipsh*t son runs afoul of not just any retired assassin -- THE retired assassin -- and it's off to the races. Neither pleas of mercy nor threats of violence can stop underworld boogeyman John Wick from killing everyone in his path to get revenge on this little a-hole for killing his sweet, tiny dog. Before spiraling outward into a gunslinging globe-trotting odyssey, the first John Wick was just a tight, thrilling murderfest about a grieving monster who unfortunately gets awakened for (what he thinks is) one final killing spree. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)&lt;p&gt;\n\nJohn Wick: Chapter 4 closes out Wick's tale of redemption and damnation in epic fashion. Pitted against the High Table, which is using all of its vast resources to burn the world (and various Continentals) to kill him, Wick challenges the Marquis to a duel. But can Wick even make it to the duel with a $26 million dollar bounty on his head? It's a race against time into certain death as the hitman whose frightened peers refer to as &quot;Baba Yaga&quot; puts it all on the line to take to steal himself a seat at the High Table. It's the perfect culmination of a series that expanded its lore, and the art of violence, with each successive movie. The battle on the Rue Foyatier and the Arc de Triomphe car chase are not to be missed!\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">So, how can Reeves continue as Wick? Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/chad-stahelski-john-wick-keanu-reeves-ballerina-caine-1236232553\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>The Hollywood Reporter<\/u><\/a> asked Stahelski if he&#8217;d managed to work that out yet in a recent interview. Here\u2019s the exchange:<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>THR: You\u2019ve said that John Wick 5 won\u2019t renege on the ending of 4, that John Wick will still have died. Has that evolved? The last time we spoke last year, you were trying to crack it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>Chad Stahelski:<\/strong> I\u2019m not going to lie to you, it\u2019s a bit of a conundrum. Me and Mike Finch \u2014 the writer on 4 who\u2019s also writing 5 \u2014 we\u2019ve got a pretty good story that I think is cool. Once we have a 50-page book, and if we\u2019re feeling it, we\u2019ll sit with Keanu and shape this thing. Look, everybody seems to want it. It\u2019s a matter of whether we crack it. We\u2019re actively working on it. It\u2019s just \u2026 is it going to be satisfying?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Now, a year later, comments from Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Adam Fogelson suggest Reeves and Stahelski have indeed cracked it.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/lionsgate-boss-michael-reshoots-rambo-prequel-john-wick-2026-4\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>, Folgelson said: \u201cChad and Keanu have an idea that they think can be really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That\u2019s certainly positive news for John Wick 5, but Folgelson said the Donnie Yen Caine spinoff and animated prequel will both come out before both it. &#8220;There are a lot of steps, so I wouldn&#8217;t want to put a timeline on it,\u201d Folgelson continued. \u201cBut in terms of finding a core idea, they seem to have landed on something that they are excited about, and now we&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Keanu Reeves Movie Stunts<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Whether it\u2019s the martial arts magic of Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise hanging from dangerous heights, insane stunts performed by headlining thespians help immerse fans in the movies. And no one goes Whoa-verboard quite like Keanu Reeves.\u00a0&lt;p&gt;\nKeanu is one of the good ones, constantly challenging himself for the sake of cinema. He\u2019s learned Kung Fu, Gun Fu, Wire Fu, and even tried out an English accent in Bram Stoker's Dracula. All equally difficult. What began with Speed and the Matrix movies now extends into the John Wick saga, and that\u2019s Keanu\u2019s devotion to delivering the goods when it comes to mass murder. Here\u2019s a quick look at some of Keanu Reeves' most awesome stunt work.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Surfing in Point Break&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Surf's (and we cannot stress this enough) up.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nWetter is indeed better as we start the Keanu stunts humbly with a small swell off the coast of Hermosa Beach. Keanu may have left the actual skydiving to plane-leaping enthusiast Patrick Swayze in 1991\u2019s Point Break, but surfing \u2013 man, those tasty waves became Johnny Utah\u2019s Hang 10 hobby both on and off screen. Keanu learned to surf for the film and\u2026 look, we\u2019re mostly in awe that Keanu wasn\u2019t already a surfer somehow.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 11 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Riding Under a Moving Bus in Speed&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;The bus that couldn't slow down.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nA few years later Keanu would feel like a freak on a leash in 1994\u2019s Speed, about a bus in Los Angeles carrying an explosive secret. No, not that public transportation is a cheaper, more environmentally-friendly alternative to driving. An actual bomb. The movie itself was not a bomb of course, thanks in part to stunts like this where Keanu was slowly fed under a moving bus like someone was fishing for devil\u2019s concubines. Or advocates. And it\u2019s one of the best bits in the film.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Martial Arts in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;I know Kung Fu.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nKeanu would strike action\/sci-fi gold with 1999\u2019s The Matrix, which had him and his castmates training for months to get dope at Kung Fu so that they could do the fights themselves, as demonstrated in the iconic dojo sparring scene between Neo and Morpheus. Keanu\u2019s impressive regimen included learning Jiu-Jitsu, Wushu, Boxing, Aikido, and Krav Maga. \n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Wire Fu in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Down to the wire.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nHaving gotten a taste of dangling in Point Break and Speed, it was time for Keanu to graduate to Wire Fu, which he\u2019d utilize in all four Matrix films - whether he was going round and round with Agent Smith or cartwheeling over those guys in the chateau he took too long to defeat in The Matrix Reloaded.\u00a0\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Bullet Time in the Matrix Movies&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;There's no time like...&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\n\nOf course, there\u2019s also the game-changing \u201cbullet time\u201d visual effect introduced in The Matrix, which Keanu graciously bent over backwards for. No, he didn\u2019t have to spend weeks getting trained by experts in the art of the limbo dance to do this, but still it was mighty cool of him to be physically there for the process.\n\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It makes sense that yet another mainline John Wick movie would be greenlit, given John Wick: Chapter 4 took in over $440 million at the worldwide box office and each of the first four films accomplishing the rare feat of outperforming its predecessor. But John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, is 61 years old. How old will he be when it comes to shooting John Wick 5? 62? 63? While Reeves has shown remarkable staying power in the action genre, continuing to do much of his own &#8216;Gun fu&#8217; close-quarters fighting in the John Wick films, he can&#8217;t go on forever.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In December 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/keanu-reeves-jeff-fowler-on-stepping-into-the-sonic-universe\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reeves told CBS News<\/a> that he wasn&#8217;t sure his body would be up to the task of making another John Wick movie. &#8220;You can never say never,\u201d Reeves said at the time. \u201cMy knees right now are saying \u2018I can\u2019t do another John Wick.&#8217; So my heart does but I don\u2019t know if my knees can do it.\u201d Of course, four months later, John Wick 5 starring Reeves was announced.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Two additional John Wick spinoffs are already in development, including the aforementioned <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-anime-film-prequel-will-tell-the-story-of-john-wicks-impossible-task-keanu-reeves-to-voice-character\"><u>anime prequel that will tell the story of John Wick\u2019s &#8216;Impossible Task,&#8217;<\/u><\/a> and the <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/john-wick-spinoff-film-centered-on-donnie-yens-caine-officially-in-the-works\"><u>spinoff featuring Donnie Yen&#8217;s character, Caine<\/u><\/a>. There are even <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/there-are-whispers-of-a-samurai-western-spinoff-set-in-keanu-reeves-john-wick-universe\">whispers of a samurai western spinoff set in the John Wick universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In May 2025, Stahelski told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/john-wick-chapter-5-really-different-new-story-exclusive\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire<\/a> to expect something different from John Wick 5.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cThe saga of John Wick was pretty wrapped up,\u201d Stahelski said. \u201cSo the only way to do a 5 is to have a new story that involves John Wick. It\u2019s not a continuation with the High Table. John dealt with his grief. It will be really different, and everybody [will] see the trailer and go, \u2018Holy f**k&#8230; I gotta see that.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Photo by ANGELA WEISS \/ AFP via Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Wick 5 just got a positive update that suggests the movie will be made eventually, but it still sounds some way away. Plans for a full John Wick: Chapter 5, once again starring Keanu Reeves, were announced April last year, but just two months later, in June, director Chad Stahelski said he was still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-1904837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1904837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1904837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1904837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1904837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1904837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}