Keanu Reeves in talks to return as John Wick for Ballerina

Scorching on the heels of the information that Ian McShane would return as Winston for the upcoming John Wick spin-off comes the reveal that John Wick himself will even make an look. First revealed by Collider, it appears that evidently Keanu Reeves is in talks to reprise his John Wick function for Ballerina, the spin-off film starring Ana de Armas.

It’s not clear if Keanu Reeves’ function in Ballerina shall be a cameo or one thing extra substantial, however he’ll be a welcome addition to the film nonetheless. Manufacturing on Ballerina kicked off on Monday beneath the course of Len Wiseman from a script by Shay Hatten. Ana de Armas stars as a younger lady with killer abilities who units out to get revenge when her household is killed by hitmen.

As for Ian McShane, producer Basil Iwanyk has described McShane’s “pivotal” function in Ballerina. “We’re thrilled to have Ian McShane becoming a member of us for a pivotal function in ‘Ballerina,” Iwanyk mentioned. “He’s been such an integral a part of the franchise for the reason that authentic John Wick. It’s been enjoyable to have him on this journey because the Wick universe expands.“ A youthful model of McShane’s character will even be featured in The Continental, a three-night special-event TV sequence that can discover “the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins, a centerpiece of the John Wick universe, via the eyes and actions of a younger Winston Scott (Colin Woodell) who’s dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York Metropolis to face a previous he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a lethal course via the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing try and seize the long-lasting lodge, which serves because the assembly level for the world’s most harmful criminals.“

Keanu Reeves will even return because the legendary murderer in John Wick 4, which additionally stars Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson, Invoice Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, and Rina Sawayama. The movie will even see the return of some franchise veterans, together with Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Ian McShane as Winston, supervisor of the Continental Resort, and Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge of the Continental. John Wick: Chapter 4 will debut in theaters on March 24, 2023.