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What will happen to the John Wick saga? It seems that the action franchise has big plans with the Ana de Armas spin-off.
Ana de Armas will have an important detail of the John Wick saga. The writer of the fourth installment and the Ballerina spin-off, Shay Hatten, has revealed how the spinoff film will reveal new pieces of the origin of Keanu Reeves’ character while exploring the perspective of a new character. This is crazy for all fans of the saga!
Ballerina will follow Rooney, the killer dancer from the third installment of John Wick, while pursuing the murderers of his family. Ballerina is directed by Len Wiseman and stars Ana de Armas as Rooney. Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick and Anjelica Huston will reprise their roles.
This is what we can expect about ‘Ballerina’
During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant about John Wick: Chapter 4, Hatten also discussed his spinoff film, Ballerina. He explained how the movie is set in Chapter 3 and how will explore a new character who shares similar origins to Keanu Reeves’ character, but during the story starring Ana de Armas. For fans, it’s crazy to explore the origin of the killer.
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“Ballerina has been a fascinating journey for me, because it started as a project unrelated to the John Wick movies six years ago,” said the screenwriter of the Ana de Armas film. “And then Chad was kind enough to let us set it up in three parts showing the ballet theatre. And by the nature of that, it kind of teases this story very well. But it’s great because that story was not tied to the universe of the saga. It was set in another part of the world.”
“The original script for the Ana de Armas film was set in the Swiss Alps,” he explained. “Territory that the John Wick movies haven’t touched. So, in my opinion, that meant we could stick to the original story of the Ballerina script without treading on the main saga ground. But she’s also a character that we know went to the same ballet academy as John. I think in Ballerina you will see some of the hints of what John experienced during his origins in that place. But through the eyes of a different character. He’s still working out some of Wick’s answers, just through the eyes of a new character.”
