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John Wick series will be put on a “rest” after John Wick: Chapter 4 makes its way onto movie screens.The franchise’s director Chad Stahelski has said that both he and Keanu Reeves are “done for the moment” with the films. Telling The Hollywood Reporter that the character needs to be left alone for a while, adding that it has created a backlog of work for him.Asked if there was the possibility of a fifth instalment in the works, Stahleski replied: “In our minds, Keanu and I are done for the moment. We’re going to give John Wick a rest.

In a world where franchises tend to have diminishing returns with subsequent sequels, it’s pretty extraordinary that the “John Wick” film franchise has been able to nearly double its worldwide box office gross with each new film in the series. Now, with “John Wick: Chapter 4” just days away, everyone is expecting the newest film to perhaps be the biggest one yet.

The delight of the John Wick franchise lies squarely in its weirdness. The film series famously kicked off with mercenary protagonist and certified wife guy John Wick, played by Keanu Reeves, avenging his dog.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “John Wick: Chapter 4,” the epic culmination of the flamboyantly brutal death-wish-meets-video-game-meets-the-zen-of-Keanu-Reeves action series, our hero finds himself in a Berlin nightclub that resembles a pulsating Bauhaus Eurodisco by way of “Fellini Satyricon.” The place is like a concrete cathedral, with giant mosh pits of dancers throwing their arms up to the heavens as waterfalls cascade down the side walls (it almost looks like it’s raining). But Reeves’ John Wick, as he makes his way through the neon wetness, isn’t dancing. He’s getting ready to start shooting — which, for him, is more or less the same thing. As he skulks forward, oily hair hanging down the sides of his face, the camera glides just ahead of him, framing him like the renegade action demigod he is. We might be in the middle of the world’s most cutting-edge cologne commercial.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer John Wick is battling his way to Austin, Texas. The fourth installment in Keanu Reeves’ runaway hit franchise has the honor of being this year’s “secret screening” at the SXSW Film Festival, multiple sources told Variety. The film will show next week on the ground in Texas at a major venue, the sources added. Distributor Lionsgate and SXSW Film Festival organizers would not comment on this story, most likely trying to preserve the fan experience. One source added that digital marketing will come into play with how and when lucky guests nab tickets to the screening.

Keanu Reeves‘ return in John Wick: Chapter 4 is already garnering rave reviews – and it hasn’t even officially hit the screen officially.The highly-anticipated fourth instalment in the film has already been called “phenomenal”, “epic”, and “one of the greatest action movies ever made”. Indeed, Reeves’ turn as Baba Yaga is blowing Hollywood’s collective mind, according to early reactions from leading film critics.Erick Weber went as far as to call Chapter 4 “one of the greatest action movies ever made” in a review shared to Twitter Monday, writing that the sequel “tops all 3 of its predecessors in storytelling, scope & stakes, countless astonishing set pieces.”CinemaBlend critic Eric Eisenberg joined in with getting the hype-train rolling, tweeting that the film “earns” its 169-minute runtime.

Jen Hollingsworth, a longtime entertainment executive most recently COO of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, is the new chief commercial officer at Flawless, a growing firm specialized in generative AI technology for film and television.

Keanu Reeves answered fan questions on Reddit and shared the X-Men character he had always wanted to play.

A really unique memento from “The Matrix” belongs to Keanu Reeves.

“The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon teased former president Donald Trump for making “some pretty intense promises” during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday.During his speech, Trump said that he was his supporters “warrior,” “justice” and “retribution” for those who have been “wrong and betrayed.”“He’s either running for president or auditioning to be the next John Wick,” Fallon joked. “He was like, ‘I am your retribution,’ and then he kind of went off the rails after that.

We are mere days away from the release of Chad Stahelski’s latest action epic, “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Once again, Keanu Reeves dons the suit and grabs whatever weapons are available to murder the hell out of bad guys. Given where this series has headed, it’s pretty crazy to think this all started because of the death of a dog.

J. Kim Murphy “John Wick: Chapter 4” officially bowed at its London premiere Monday evening, with the social media reactions embargo lifting during the event. The fourth entry picks up following the end of “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” which saw Keanu Reeves’ infamous assassin take a tumble from atop the Continental Hotel after being betrayed by his confidante Winston (Ian McShane). Of course, Wick lives. “Chapter 4” finds the deadly pariah traveling the globe to free himself from the rule of the elusive, cutthroat High Table. The critical darling action series has drawn strong praise in its first round of reactions, especially for its deep bench of sparring partners that includes Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Marko Zazor, Scott Adkins and Rina Sawayama. Another central topic of opinion is the film’s runtime, which clocks in at a lengthy two hours and 49 minutes — 38 minutes longer than the previous entry’s.

Keanu Reeves returns as the titular hitman in, once again embodying his latest iconic character -- who came out of retirement in the franchise's first film to avenge his dead puppy, and has been on the run ever since.  finds John Wick fighting his way around the world as he searches for a way to defeat the High Table. Despite the harrowing action scenes, Reeves says he had a blast returning to the role.«I love playing the character. I love the world of ,» he raved. " is so ambitious.

“Deadpool 3,” another beloved actor just revealed he would have loved a shot at the role: Keanu Reeves.While taking part in a reddit AMA, Reeves was asked if there’s ever been a role in his career that he regretted turning down. He said no, but that he “did always want to play Wolverine,” no doubt jump-starting a whole new fan campaign to get the 58-year-old actor in the role if/when the Marvel Cinematic Universe recasts.Reeves is no stranger to comic book movies, having led 2005’s DC adaptation “Constantine,” a role he intends to reprise in an upcoming sequel at Warner Bros.

John Wick: Chapter 4 changed after he called out its script for feeding into Asian stereotypes.Speaking to GQ in a recent interview, Yen shared that despite being a big name with a wide acting range, his roles in Hollywood have been limited to the occasional action spot and that he has been typecast much like other Asian actors.Speaking on his most recent incident with typecasting, Yen revealed that he had his role in John Wick: Chapter 4 altered after he noticed several Asian stereotypes attached to his character. In the upcoming film, Yen plays an assassin named Caine who was reportedly first named “Shang or Chang”.Yen would go on to say: “Why does he always have to be called Shang or Chang? Why can’t he have a normal name? Why do you have to be so generic? Then the wardrobe again – oh, mandarin collars.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Donnie Yen is making his “John Wick” debut in the upcoming fourth installment as Caine, a blind assassin caught between his ties to the villainous High Table and his friendship with Keanu Reeves’ eponymous killer. It turns out Yen’s character was not originally named Caine. The actor told GQ magazine that he called out the “John Wick: Chapter 4” script for including Asian stereotypes, leading to changes regarding his character’s name and appearance in the film. “The name was Shang or Chang,” Yen said of his “John Wick” character. “Why does he always have to be called Shang or Chang? Why can’t he have a normal name? Why do you have to be so generic? Then the wardrobe again — oh, mandarin collars. Why is everything so generic? This is a ‘John Wick’ movie. Everybody’s supposed to be cool and fashionable. Why can’t he look cool and fashionable?”

New Release Wall“John Wick” 1 – 3 Stash Book Collection (Lionsgate): As the Keanu-loving world awaits the March release of “John Wick: Chapter 4,” superfans get an early gift with this box set of the first three films — in which the titular hit man Wick annihilates bad people for good reasons — in 4K Ultra HD. The three individual films arrive in steelbooks emblazoned with details specific to them, which in turn fit into a replica of Wick’s “stash book.” In other words, fans of excessive violence now get to house their preciouses in a cozy little death-house, and that’s adorable.Also available:“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel): After the death of King T’Challa, the grieving citizens of Wakanda — including Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett, who earned an Oscar nod), Shuri, M’Baku and the Dora Milaje — fight to protect it from outside forces.“Detective Knight: Independence” (Lionsgate): The final chapter of the Bruce Willis–as–Detective James Knight trilogy sees Knight racing against time to stop an unbalanced vigilante.“Devotion” (Paramount): Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star in the true story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: We’re not quite done yet with the European Film Market packages, with a nice one coming together at the eleventh hour as Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Baby Driver star Lily James have been set to lead thriller Relay for director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water).

Twitter and Warner Bros. marketing exec Briana McElroy has been hired as Head of Worldwide Digital Marketing for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.

For all that is wrong with the world, at least we are alive to see actors like Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves beat Father Time to a standstill in some of the most innovative movie franchises of their day. Ever since revitalizing his career in the original “John Wick,” Reeves has cemented his place as an icon both onscreen and off.

Keanu Reeves is bringing the wrath in the final, adrenaline-filled trailer for. The latest preview for the anticipated sequel in the ongoing revenge film franchise sees the star getting back into action as he faces off with new foes in hopes of defeating The High Table. «And so it begins,» Winston Scott (Ian McShane) says before Wick is seen getting into gunfight after gunfight with various new and unexpected enemies, including Shamier Anderson as The Tracker, Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu, Donnie Yen as Caine, Bill Skarsgård as The Marquis de Gramont and many others. Rounding out the cast is Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Lance Reddick as Charon, Rina Sawayama as Akira, Scott Adkins as Killa as well as McShane, who is also appearing in his fourth film. Directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, Reeves told ET that «there's new characters, more world-building» in the newest installment in the series.

Cutting Edge Media Music, a division of a firm that has provided music services for films, TV series and video games including John Wick, Stranger Things and Red Dead Redemption, has secured $100 million in new financing.

Lionsgate, the Santa Monica studio and owner of the Starz cable network, came in well above market expectations as it reported results for its third quarter Thursday. It pulled in $1 billion in revenue and $16.6 million in net income, or adjusted earnings per share of $0.26.Lionsgate’s results reflected a welcome development for a smaller studio trying to survive in an industry pushed to prioritize streaming over theatrical and linear television.

Lionsgate has named Joy Ride as the title of its upcoming comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim. The studio also on Monday unveiled the first still from the film, which you can view below.

Proud of his family. Tom Brady shared a rare photo of his ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan and their 15-year-old son, Jack, after announcing his retirement from the NFL.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed iconic actress, producer and director Halle Berry, who to this day, remains the only Black winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Lionsgate is licensing a proprietary cloud tech platform from Ateliere Creative Technologies to help manage the studio’s content library and distribution of assets to streaming services. They’re keeping the financial terms of the deal under wraps.Lionsgate will deploy Ateliere Connect media supply chain platform to serve as the content hub for the studio’s 17,000-plus film and TV title library, spanning blockbuster brands and franchises including John Wick, “The Hunger Games,” The Twilight Saga, “Dirty Dancing,” The Expendables, “Power,” “Now You See Me” and “Mad Men”Ateliere deploys its platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is “leveraging next generation” services from Amazon that are faster and more efficient, able to “deploy in days and weeks versus months or years,” founder and CEO of Ateliere Dan Goman told The Wrap.One of the areas that the partnership will help Lionsgate will be in addressing the duplication of content, Goman said, adding it can get expensive and redundant when content libraries are moved into the cloud.  As an example, he cited an unnamed company was able to trim its operating costs for its supply chain down from $90 million to $25 million.Goman said the deal shows Lionsgate sees potential in Ateliere’s capabilities as it looks towards the future and “positions themselves for success going forward.

Chad Stahelski (John Wick franchise) has been tapped to direct the Tom Clancy adaptation Rainbow Six for Paramount Pictures, Deadline can confirm.

Lionsgate has entered into a theatrical distribution agreement with Canada’s Cineplex Pictures for its 2023 slate which counts 11 titles.

Dates to be announced:Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Season 29 Premiere (HBO)January 1:20 Feet From Stardom, 2013 (HBO)American Hustle, 2013American Ultra, 2015 (HBO)At Middleton, 2013 (HBO)Back to School, 1986 (HBO)Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons, 2022Black Butterfly, 2017 (HBO)Captain Phillips, 2013 (HBO)Catch a Fire, 2006 (HBO)Child’s Play, 2019 (HBO)Cold Pursuit, 2019 (HBO)Cops and Robbersons, 1994 (HBO)Coup de torchon, 1981Crocodile Dundee, 1986 (HBO)Crocodile Dundee II, 1988 (HBO)Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles, 2001 (HBO)Cruising, 1980 (HBO)Death Warrant, 1990 (HBO)Dim Sum Funeral, 2008 (HBO)Dom Hemingway, 2013 (HBO)Every Secret Thing, 2014 (HBO)Extortion, 2017 (HBO)Fool’s Gold, 2008 (HBO)Flashpoint, 2007 (HBO)From Here to Eternity, 1953Gemini, 2017 (HBO)Geronimo: An American Legend, 1993Ghostbusters, 1984Ghostbusters II, 1989Hereditary, 2018 (HBO)Hoodlum, 1997 (HBO)Insidious: Chapter 2, 2013Jennifer Eight, 1992 (HBO)John Wick, 2014John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, 2019Jumping the Broom, 2011Jury Duty, 1995 (HBO)Kill The Irishman, 2011 (HBO)Kusama: Infinity, 2018 (HBO)Law Abiding Citizen, 2009 (HBO)Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Line of Duty, 2019 (HBO)Marley & Me, 2008 (HBO)Matilda, 1996Nine, 2009 (HBO)Oasis: Supersonic, 2016 (HBO)Our Idiot Brother, 2011Piranha 3D, 2010 (HBO)Piranha 3DD, 2012 (HBO)Planet 51, 2009Precious Cargo, 2016 (HBO)Quartet, 2012 (HBO)Regression, 2015 (HBO)Rememory, 2017 (HBO)Sarah’s Key, 2010 (HBO)Skate Kitchen, 2018 (HBO)Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift, 1990 (HBO)Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, 1985 (HBO)Support the Girls, 2018 (HBO)Teen Wolf, 1985 (HBO)Teen Wolf Too, 1987 (HBO)The Artist, 2011 (HBO)The Book of Life, 2014 (HBO)The Brink, 2019 (HBO)The Cabin

Quantumania) to reboots (Little Mermaid) and resurrections (Indiana Jones, one of the , is back, as is John Wick, the franchise still walking the line between assassin flicks and ). There's even the occasional experiment, like Cocaine Bear.And while the internet argues about Mario's voice (literally—who cares?), we of taste and sophistication know that the real toy-to-screen masterpiece is going to be Barbie.

EXCLUSIVE: The 2x Primetime Emmy nominated and Golden Globe winning Gabriel Byrne has closed a deal, we hear, to star opposite Ana de Armas in the John Wick spinoff Ballerina.

EXCLUSIVE: French-Italian actress Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu has signed with David Unger’s Artist International Group for management.

EXCLUSIVE: The Ana de Armas-led John Wick spinoff Ballerina continues to expand its troupe, with The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus boarding the Lionsgate film being directed by Len Wiseman.

EXCLUSIVE: Basil Iwanyk & Erica Lee’s Thunder Road Pictures has set Destry Allyn Spielberg to make her feature directorial debut on Four Assassins (And A Funeral), the Ryan Hooper Black List script said to be a cross between The Kingsman meets Knives Out meets Succession.

EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar nominated actress of Maria Full of Grace, Catalina Sandino Moreno, is joining Ana de Armas in the John Wick spinoff Ballerina in a sizeable role, Deadline has learned. Moreno’s part remains under wraps.