John Wick 4 Director Teases the Story, Action & Reveals Film Has a Conclusion to an Emotional Thread
349Last week at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, before Lionsgate premiered the first footage from John Wick: Chapter 4, I spoke to director Chad Stahelski right before he took the stage at Caesar’s Palace. Since the studio and everyone involved has been very guarded about revealing anything about the upcoming sequel, I asked Stahelski about the story, the action set pieces, and the title.
Regarding the storyline, Stahelski told me:
“I think Chapter 4 is a good continuation of all three previous films, and it's got a bit of a conclusion to it, which is great. We introduce a ton of new characters that have a lot to say about John Wick from his past and from, obviously, present. I think it's brotherhood, it's hope. It's what the life would really be like as a bit of an existential crisis with John, and I think that's the fun part of the movie.”
He went on to say, “there's a good conclusion to an emotional thread that we've already had.”
Regarding the title, Stahelski said that once, “we watch the movie, get that little emotional vibe or whatever we think thread, and find a term the best affirms what we're trying to say. And that's the title.”
But I think what every John Wick fan really wants to know about is how Keanu Reeves and everyone involved is raising the bar in terms of the action set pieces. Stahelski told me to accomplish this, they brought in stunt teams from all around the world. Stahelski said:
“Keanu's got some new skill sets, which is good. He's got some new props, which are great. We were fortunate enough to land some very interesting stunt teams from all over the world. And each stunt team from the different countries, the Japanese stunt team, the French stunt team, the Bulgarian stunt team, they all have a little bit of flavor of motion, and I think that helps change the set pieces as well. When you get all these different experts and different martial arts, it forces us to adapt the choreography to show different things. It's fun.”
John Wick 4 will also see the return of Ian McShane’s Winston and Lance Reddick’s Charon. Shamier Anderson, Bill Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Adkins, and Clancy Brown have all been added to the cast. Martial arts legend Donnie Yen will also be playing the character Caine, described as an old friend of Wick who share the same enemies as the titular assassin. Yen previously told us making John Wick 4 and working with Reeves has been his favorite experience in Hollywood.
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