The beforehand introduced John Wick anime undertaking remains to be on the way in which, and now it is apparently a movie about how the titular character retired.
Round this time final yr, John Wick sequence director Chad Stahelski shared that an anime undertaking set within the franchise’s world was within the works, and on the time it was deliberate to be a TV present. Now, although, in response to a current interview from The Hollywood Reporter with Stahelski, plainly the anime has been retooled barely. This outing will apparently be a prequel, targeted on everybody’s favorite titular murderer, as he units out on the “not possible process” that allowed him to retire for love. Whether or not that is one thing that wanted to be coated in a movie or not is up for debate, however nonetheless, if finished proper a John Wick anime may very well be a fairly enjoyable journey to the cinema.
On the time of the anime’s announcement, Stahelski mentioned they’re doing an anime as a result of “I really like Japanese anime a lot. To create all of the cool tales that anime might obtain higher than we might and the TV present to develop our world, we’ll nonetheless get our repair, you recognize what I imply? And we’ll nonetheless have all of the enjoyable.” Stahelski is clearly making an attempt to get his mitts on as a lot anime as potential, as he is additionally been overseeing the motion sequences within the upcoming Shinichiro Watanabe-directed sequence Lazarus, Watanabe finest identified for creating Cowboy Bebop, so I am anticipating some sturdy battle scenes from that one.
Stahelski additionally spoke of a potential John Wick 5, although did not essentially decide to something coming that approach, saying, “is there a possibility to do [John Wick 5]? After all, there’s, whether or not it’s for cash or for creativity. Jesus, within the final three years, I’ve already had three or 4 variations of a John Wick 5. They had been alternative ways to crack the story, nevertheless it’s virtually a psychological train for me.”
Nonetheless, to protect the ending of the fourth movie, he did word that it “wouldn’t be a part of that [John Wick: Chapter 4] storyline. It might not be what you’ll assume it’s. So far as [John Wick: Chapter 4], we’ve peaked.”
There’s lots within the works for John Wick in any case, as there is a sequel TV sequence on the way in which, alongside that Ballerina spin-off due out subsequent yr.
