Following her scene-stealing turn in No Time to Die the idea of watching Ana De Armas as a revenge seeking assassin should be enough to guarantee interest in John Wick spin-off Ballerina. Yet now we get the equally exciting news that Promising Young Woman‘s Emerald Fennell has been hired to help write the script for […]
Ana de Armas’ John Wick spin-off Ballerina to begin filming this summer
The John Wick franchise is about to grow a little larger as Lionsgate announced at CinemaCon that the spin-off Ballerina with Ana de Armas (No Time to Die) in the lead role will begin production this summer. Ballerina focuses on “a young female assassin (Armas) who seeks revenge against the people who killed her family.” The character […]
Ana de Armas in talks to lead John Wick spin-off Ballerina
Fresh off starring in the latest James Bond film No Time to Die, Ana de Armas may be getting ready for another iconic action franchise as Deadline reports she is currently in talks to star as the lead in the John Wick spin-off Ballerina. Ballerina will follow “a young female assassin who seeks revenge against the people who […]
Female-led John Wick spin-off Ballerina finds its director in Len Wiseman
Lionsgate has hired Len Wiseman to direct Ballerina, the first female-led spin-off film in the hugely-popular John Wick franchise. Reported by Deadline, Ballerina is currently on fast-track and focuses on a young female assassin who seeks revenge against the people who killed her family. For fans who have seen John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Ballerina will […]
Lionsgate picks up female-led action thriller Ballerina as potential John Wick spinoff
Over the past couple of months we’ve heard of several female-led action thrillers being snapped up as potential “female John Wick” movies – see Ruthless and Peppermint, for example – and now Lionsgate has got itself in on the act, only this time it may literally be a “female John Wick” movie. According to THR, […]
DVD Review – Ballerina (2016)
Ballerina, 2016. Directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin Featuring the voice talents of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler, Carly Rae Jepsen, Terrence Scammell, and Julie Khaner. SYNOPSIS: An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of […]