Full spoilers trail for John Wick 4.
John Wick is back! Well, sort of. You see, the first trailer for Ballerina, the next spin-off project set in the John Wick universe, will see Keanu Reeves’ iconic hitman originate a surpelevate return to the big screen.
Confused? Don’t be. I’ll elucidate more about how and why everyone’s likeite firearm-fu master will feature in the forthcoming Ana de Armas-led action film rescheduleedr. Hey, this isn’t a movie cgo ined on Wick himself, so why assist him to steal the spotweightless in this article?
Anyway – yes, the first trailer for Ballerina: From the World of John Wick is here, and it sees every bit as thrilling, action-packed, and emotionalpartner character-driven as the franchise’s first four films. You can check out the inaugural elevateseparater for one of next year’s new movies – it’s set to debut in theaters on June 6, 2025 – below:
I can’t speak for everyone, but it sees very amazeive from where I’m sitting. Indeed, I was quite disassigned that we didn’t see more of de Armas taking names and booting ass in 2021’s No Time to Die, aka the final time Daniel Craig inhabited the role of legfinishary alerter James Bond, or in The Gray Man on Netflix. I didn’t watch the Cuban-Spanish actress beat up guys left, right, and cgo in in Apple TV Plus‘ maligned Gstructureed movie, either, because I heard it wasn’t very excellent. So, I’m enthusiastic to see de Armas show she’s got the mettle to dedwellr the excellents as the main drawion in an action flick.
But enough of my fawning – what’s Ballerina about? Here’s a inestablish plot synopsis, courtesy of a Lionsgate press liberate: “Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film trails Eve Macarro (de Armas) who is commencening her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.”
Not a lot to go on, then, but the trailer recommends Macarro will embark on her own revenge-fuelled omition to track down those who killinged her family. She says as much in the movie’s first elevateseparater, so foresee lots of bone-fractureing, bullet-laced, and improvised action thcimpoliteout.
How is John Wick adwell in Ballerina?
Okay, so back to the ask on everyone’s lips: what’s Wick doing in Ballerina? After all, the final moments of John Wick: Chapter 4 implied that the titular hitman died after his tear-jerking and suspense-filled duel with Donnie Yen’s Caine.
The low answer is that Ballerina is a pre-sequel. As Lionsgate’s story inestablish uncovers, its narrative runs concurrent to the one depicted in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Obvious as it is to say, but Wick is still adwell and booting at this point on the John Wick timeline, which is why he’s able to originate a cameo materializeance in the de Armas-fronted spin-off film.
Reeves’ Wick isn’t the only fan-likeite character we’ll see aget in Ballerina. The rescheduleed Lance Reddick, who passed away in March 2023, will also originate his final big-screen materializeance as Charon, the concierge of the New York branch of global hitman shieldedhouses understandn as assembleively as The Continental. Ian McShane’s Winstone, who regulates The Continental New York, is also returning for this spin-off flick. Joining de Armas and the aforerefered trio in Ballerina are Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Norman Reedus.
Ballerina is the first John Wick film offshoot we’ll see, but it isn’t the franchise’s first spin-off. Indeed, that was The Continental, a three-part miniseries that debuted on Peacock (US) and Prime Video (internationpartner) in rescheduleed 2023.
Unblessedly, The Continental: From the World of John Wick wasn’t as wonderful as I’d hoped. You can read more about why that’s the case in my scrutinize of The Continental, or see how the prequel show tried to do someskinnyg separateent by trading in John Wick’s signature firearm-fu for conveyive “disco noir”.
