Speculation has repeatedly arisen about whether the popular action hero could return for another film after John Wick: Chapter 4 – especially since a 5th installment of the series is now in the works. In an interview, the director discussed what was planned for the iconic character.
With John Wick: Chapter 4, the latest installment featuring the former killer was released in March 2023, in which he fights for his survival while all the assassins of the underworld are after him.
The film seemed to conclude the action series, yet another installment is now reportedly in the works. In an interview, director Chad Stahelski discussed the plan for the action hero.
Warning: Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen the ending of John Wick 4 yet and don’t want to be spoiled, you should not read the following text.
Here’s a trailer for the fourth installment of John Wick:
The End of John Wick … for the moment, at least
In an interview with Collider on November 2, 2023, director Chad Stahelski talked about the ending of the film character and confirmed that the 4th installment of the action series represents the provisional end for John Wick:
It was just never the way Keanu and I saw it, so we worked and worked and worked and cut a bunch of sequences and took some things out and in the end made a single film, as you see it now.
But the plan was always for John Wick to conclude his journey the way he does at the end of the film, and that should be the end for the moment.
Chad Stahelski via Collider
The death of John Wick at the end of Chapter 4 was also a wish of lead actor Keanu Reeves, who was so exhausted from the intense filming that he did not want to take on the efforts again.
However, a small backdoor was left open for a potential return. You can find out more here with our colleagues from Moviepilot.
Thus, the story surrounding John Wick finds an end in Chapter 4. However, it is noticeable that Stahelski talks about an “end for the moment” and thus does not completely rule out a return.
Furthermore, the fourth installment is not the conclusion of the film series because: According to a report from comicbook.com on November 9, 2023, Lionsgate confirmed that the script for a 5th John Wick film is in progress – and there should be more spin-offs.
Could one now use the loophole that was left open in the 4th film and allow John Wick to return? Or does the 5th part maybe revolve around another character from the action cosmos? – That remains to be seen.
Even if the fourth film represents the (provisional) end of the iconic action figure, there are still other projects set in the John Wick universe:
In September 2023, a prequel series titled The Continental: From the World of John Wick was released. On June 6, 2024, another action film in the Wick universe, Ballerina, will come out, this time about a woman who is trained to be an assassin to avenge her family.
Did you know that the film series revolving around the ex-killer was supposed to be called something completely different and was renamed John Wick only because of the lead actor? You can read more about it here:
Because of Keanu Reeves, the film series was named ‘John Wick’
