Ana de Armas’ John Wick spin-off movie Ballerina’s movie launch window is revealed in a new report indicating the project will begin soon.
As anticipation grows for the next feature film in the franchise, Ana de Armas’ John Wick spin-off movie ballerina wants to start filming soon. The film revolves around the titular young woman who wants to use her hitman skills to take revenge on the hitmen who murdered her family. The concept of the ballerina world was first introduced in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum via Anjelica Huston’s The Director, the head of the crime syndicate Ruska Roma that also runs a ballerina show and helps Keanu Reeves’ character escape the perils of New York to reach the Elder in Casablanca.
IndieWire recently reported that Lionsgate and the producers behind the John Wick franchise was looking for an AAA game around the character of Keanu Reeves. The report included an overview of some of what’s to come from the future, including that of the Ana de Armas spin-off film ballerina from director and co-writer Len Wiseman. The report revealed the John Wick spinoff’s filming launch window kicks off next week.
Could Ballerina Make it to Theaters Before John Wick 5?
After initially languishing in development for two years, ballerina has started to gain steam in recent years with underworld director and co-creator Len Wiseman signs at the helm of the John Wick spin-off, while it was confirmed earlier this year that de Armas would star. Production was initially expected to begin last summer, but was quietly postponed to a fall start, with no explanation as to why. In recent months, however, it was revealed that De Armas had chosen to hire a female writer for: ballerina to contribute to Wiseman and previous John Wick the original design by writer Shay Hatten, ends up on Promising young woman‘s Emerald Fennell.
Of ballerinathe movie launch window to be revealed next week will be interesting to see if Lionsgate announce a release date for the John Wick spin-off movie sometime in the near future. If we look at the franchise’s past, the Reeves-led films have seen their productions run for a few months before hitting theaters an estimated 5-6 months afterward, in part except for the next few months. John Wick: Chapter 4which has been postponed several times due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and competition with Top Gun: Maverick. Should ballerina Taking a similar approach to its predecessors, it could make its way to the big screen as early as fall 2023.
The question then becomes whether Lionsgate wants to take a risk on two John Wick-based movies released in the same year. As Fall 2023 already has a stacked array of tentpole releases ranging from Dune: part two until Kraven the hunter and that of Lionsgate itself The consumables 4 and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesit seems more likely ballerina could instead hit the big screen in early 2024. However, with the potential John Wick: Chapter 5 still largely in limbo, the Ana de Armas spin-off will at least make the public invest in the action franchise that follows John Wick: Chapter 4the March 2023 release.
Source: IndieWire
