John Wick: Chapter 4, as you may know, is first of the two part finale creators have planned for the iconic Keanu Reeves character. I mean Keanu Reeves’ most popular character after Neo from Matrix has to be John Wick. The 4th addition to the franchise couples Keanu Reeves with his Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne. John is still on the run from the world of assassins and is likely to have some of the large-scale consequences. A class war has been caused because of John’s actions between the different factions of the assassin community. Amidst all this there is another addition to the John Wick franchise as a spin-off starring Ana de Armas called Ballerina is in the works. However, when will the film be set in the John Wick timeline?
At What Time Will John Wick Spin-Off ‘Ballerina’ Take Place?
Ballerina is a John Wick spin-off that will see Ana de Armas introduced in the world of assassins. The spin-off reportedly show a lot more of the assassin world then we have seen in the John Wick movies. The film will deal with the training of assassins which we got a glimpse of in John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. If you remember in that scene we saw that all the girls present in that theatre were performing ballet. So, even if the girls are here to become assassins they’re still taught ballet.
This detail is important as that is how we then understand the title for the spin-off: Ballerina. Someone who performs ballet. Armas’ character will come out of this training camp itself and then kill a lot of people, hopefully no one kills her dog or cat, yeah she can be a cat person. We have no plot details about the spin-off, we don’t know what is it going to show us. However, Keanu Reeves’ new comments may give us an idea. Reeves appeared in CCXP and there he was asked about the spin-off where he spilled the beans.
The actor said, “So the film Ballerina that Ana de Armas stars in being directed by Len Wiseman has already started filming, and it takes place between John Wick: Chapter 3 and John Wick: Chapter 4.”This tells us that the spin-off maybe directly connected to John Wick and I have a feeling that Armas’ character will appear in John Wick Chapter 4 & 5. We got another update that the spin-off is filming which is great news as fans might get to see Armas in action sooner than expected.
Watch the Full Trailer for JW Chapter 4:
The confirmed cast for Ballerina is only Ana de Armas as Rooney for now, however, Keanu Reeves is expected to make an appearance as John Wick. The other guaranteed but officially unconfirmed cast includes Ian McShane as Winston Scott, Lance Reddick as Charon, and Anjelina Huston as “The Director”, all of whom resume their roles from the main series.
Ballerina doesn’t have a release date as of yet but is rumored to come out in late 2023 or early 2024. John Wick: Chapter 4 is slated to release to on 24th March 2023.
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