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One Underdog Action Franchise Is Taking A Big Risk With A New Spinoff
Niko Tavernise/Thunder Road/Kobal/ShutterstockJohn Wick’s action energy was unrivaled in the main movies starring Keanu Reeves, but now that those movies are seemingly over and done with, there are some doubts that the John Wick universe can recapture the same magic without its namesake character. Both The Continental and Ballerina were passable projects, but paled in comparison to the behemoths that are the mainstream John Wick movies, casting …
Lionsgate is not going to cease his efforts to continue exploiting the universe of mercenaries and murderers commanded by Keanu Reeves. Because, despite Ballerina’s commercial failure, John Wick has a fifth delivery on the way and apparently now plans another spin-off. One that would trade the guns for the catana, within a context of western cinema. Yes, the apparent idea is as crazy as it seems, although intellectual property has always been in…
A John Wick samurai Western spin-off is in the works
It seems like the John Wick franchise just lives off whatever men find cool nowadays. Suits? Check. Assassins? Check. Tasteful, trimmed beards? Check. Mobsters? Check. Guns, swords, stunts? Check, check, checkity check. Now we can add samurai and Westerns to that list, as screenwriter Austin Everett has penned an original script set in the world of John Wick to marry both the old west and hardened samurai together. Speaking with Variety, Everet…
A Samurai Western Story Takes Shape in the John Wick World as Script Gets a Huge Update
Chad Stahelski, the director behind John Wick franchise, first revealed in late 2023 that an animated project with a Japanese anime style was being developed. At the time, it was planned as a TV show. But in October 2024, Stahelski announced that the idea had grown into a full movie instead. He explained that the... The post A Samurai Western Story Takes Shape in the John Wick World as Script Gets a Huge Update appeared first on Comic Basics.
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