He announced that the project's plot had been difficult to develop, with the studio having taken various pitches from different creative teams, before the creators of Wayne presented the concept that they settled upon: three 90-minute episodes, making The Continental a limited series. The film earned a B plus from CinemaScore, which is much better than its reviews, but still not stellar, while the genre isn’t known for long legs, so I’m not sure about its future. A Dog’s Journey could become a midlevel hit, while The Sun is Also A Star might not open in the top five. We've since had a couple of new trailers in November 2022 and February 2023, with the previous trailer giving us our first look at Rina Sawayama's mysterious character Akira who may (or may not) be on John Wick's side.

It serves as a prequel to the movie franchise and introduces the Book of Rules, The Continental and other aspects familiar within the John Wick movie series.Preposterously fun to watch, it just doesn't have much of a story at its disposal, not to mention all the over-the-top bloodletting and mayhem eventually becomes redundant. With the world's top assassins closing in, John must navigate through dangerous territories and rely on old allies to survive.

And come March 24, 2023 we will be treated to John Wick: Chapter 4, which will be helmed again by Stahelski, directing from a script written by Shay Hatten ( John Wick: Chapter 3, Army of the Dead) and Michael Finch ( Predators, Hitman: Agent 47). There are two monster hits coming out this week, Aladdin and John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, and this has scared away almost all of the competition.An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car. As the title suggests, the series will explore the origin story of the Continental Hotel, which is essentially an entire separate character in the franchise. Of course, we can expect lots of action scenes and “gun-fu” fight choreography with Stahelski’s signature written all over it. The filmmaker stated that everyone involved had discussed the possibility, and that they would do so once a good enough story had been developed.

He also confirmed that he and Reeves will remain involved in the additional projects of the franchise that are currently in development, though the premise for Chapter 5 is not mapped out yet. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that it’s highly unlikely Chapter 4 spells a happy ending for John, who never seems to catch a break. There’s almost no chance 2019 will match 2018 at the box office and the year’s mini-wining streak is about to come to an end.John Wick: Chapter 4 will continue the remarkable run for the John Wick franchise by earning more on opening weekend than John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, just as that movie beat the opening weekend of John Wick: Chapter Two, which had a better opening weekend than the original John Wick. In June 2017, Chad Stahelski and Derek Kolstad were announced to be developing a television series for Lionsgate based on the characters and setting of the John Wick films, tentatively titled The Continental.