That's always something that does inspire me, for whatever it is. I think they're entertaining and it is something that I haven't really done before. I'm not gonna go into detail what it is, but it was a fun role and a fun world. I've always been a fan of these kinds of over-the-top, exploitive action movies.Chad reached out to me and I met him a few times, and I really liked him. "I think the movies are very entertaining. Skarsgard, too, noted how he came to the franchise as a fan of the action genre and eventually joined the film after hitting it off with Stahelski: I’m just having the best time working with them than any of my previous Hollywood movies. People think he’s just a brilliant action guy, he’s not. They're just gentleman, they've got big hearts. "I have to take this opportunity my utmost appreciation for both Chad and Keanu. In a recent chat with Collider, Yen especially stressed how great of a time he's been having on the set of John Wick: Chapter 4: John Wick: Chapter 4 has also been quickly building an absolutely stacked crew of new cast members, including a trio of proven action badasses in Donnie Yen ( Ip Man), Scott Adkins ( Ninja: Shadow of a Tear), and Mark Zaror ( Machete Kills), alongside horror's scariest evil clown Bill Skarsgard ( It), scene-stealing Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada ( Mortal Kombat), Wynonna Earp favorite Shamier Anderson, Japanese-British singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama in her film debut, and the goddamn Kurgan himself, Clancy Brown. Other familiar faces confirmed for the fourth entry are Lance Reddick and Laurence Fishburne.
"He is not only an amazing actor but is an indispensable collaborator who has helped define the world of John Wick." "I couldn't be happier than to welcome Ian McShane back to John Wick: Chapter 4," the director said in a statement at the time. In addition to Reeves returning as the titular hitman, Stahalesky also recently confirmed Ian McShane would be returning for his fourth John Wick movie. When Is the 'John Wick: Chapter 4' Release Date? RELATED: John Wick’s Best Kills, Ranked by Creativity
Although the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the release date back a year, we're now quickly coming up on the debut of John Wick: Chapter 4 and the hype, as they say, is real.īelow, you'll find everything you need to know about John Wick: Chapter 4, from its release date, to where it's currently filming, to all those new cast members, and more. Just a few days after the third installment, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, hit theaters, Lionsgate announced a fourth film was already on the horizon, with Reeves back in the title role, ace stuntman-turned-filmmaker Chad Stahelski returning to direct, and Mike Finch ( Predators) taking over script duties. Fast-forward seven years and Reeves' ultra-assassin is leading a full-on franchise three films deep, one that's effectively built out a mythology surrounding an underground league of killers with their own rules, customs, and guidelines. When Keanu Reeves first gunned his way back into the action genre back in 2014 with John Wick, nobody knew it would become a series, but we did know we wanted more immediately.