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John Wick: Chapter 5 and more spin-offs are in development

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With the success of the John Wick franchise having expanded into spin-offs with the prequel series The Continental premiering this fall and the Ana de Armas-led Ballerina next year, it’s no surprise to learn Lionsgate is not only developing further spin-offs but have officially announced John Wick: Chapter 5 is in development as well. In Lionsgate’s earnings call, executive Joe Drake discussed […]

Keanu Reeves was originally set for Fast X in Alan Ritchson’s Aimes role

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Keanu Reeves almost joined the Fast & Furious family. In a casting choice that would’ve made the internet explode, Keanu Reeves was set to star in Fast X as a key bad guy. But as we know with the film’s release, Alan Ritchson (Reacher) plays Aimes.  Ritchson spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his role in […]

John Wick is now a billion dollar franchise with box office success of Chapter 4

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John Wick is a billion-dollar baby now. The action film franchise has been a fan-favorite pop culture moment since its debut in 2014, and now that’s paying off in the form of the franchise surpassing a billion at the box office. With the success of John Wick: Chapter 4, the franchise is now standing at […]

The Top 5 John Wick Action Scenes

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Ricky Church on the top five action scenes in the John Wick franchise… After a few delays in production, mostly due to pandemic related issues these last couple of years, John Wick: Chapter 4 was finally released and has dominated the box office with critics – including our very own Rob Kojder and EJ Moreno – citing […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 scores franchise high $137.5 million global opening

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After a quiet couple of weeks for multiplexes, director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves injected some life into the box office this week as John Wick: Chapter 4 exploded into cinemas worldwide, racking up a franchise high global weekend in the process. Domestically, the fourth entry in the hit gun fu action series punched, […]

Movie Review – John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

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John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Ian McShane, Kamel El-Torky, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Clancy Brown, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lance Reddick, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Aimée Kwan, Marko Zaror, Natalia Tena, and George Georgiou. SYNOPSIS: John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But […]

John Wick: The Best Assassins in the Franchise

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Olly Dyche on the best assassins in the John Wick franchise… Assassins in movies are without a doubt, awesome. No matter their skill, or specific way of killing, assassins tend to be incredibly fascinating characters, and there is no franchise that shows the breadth and intricacy of the assassin underworld better – nor cooler – […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 tracking franchise high $115M global debut

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John Wick: Chapter 4 really does elevate the action to a whole other level, and it looks as though the Keanu Reeves sequel is going to have the box-office receipts to match, with the news that it’s set to open with a franchise best $115 million.  We called it “a relentless gauntlet of mayhem” in […]

Keanu Reeves says Constantine 2 is on hold as DC Studios is “re-evaluating”

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Back in September of last year it was announced that star Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence were to reunite for the long-awaited sequel to the duo’s 2005 DC Comics adaptation Constantine, and while it was initially reported that the project had survived the DC Studios revamp, the latest update sounds a little less positive. […]