John Wick director Chad Stahelski reveals next chapter with Keanu Reeves will borrow from Parabellum
John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski has revealed the next chapter starring Keanu Reeves will borrow from the third film Parabellum.
The 51-year-old director recently told The Hollywood Reporter that John Wick 4 starring Reeves, 55, will feature scenes that were cute from Parabellum, which earned $326.7 million at the worldwide box office.
'I like thematics. Obviously, you can see the influences of the old Westerns and the old Samurai films. All the Arthurian tales for chivalry and all that kind of stuff, back to that. We had a couple of overlapping thematics, and I stripped it down to the bare essentials,' Stahelski said.
Franchise director: Chad Stahelski, shown last September in Tokyo, has revealed the next chapter of John Wick starring Keanu Reeves will borrow from the third film Parabellum
'And there were two action sequences that we had really kind of conceived, but we just didn't have room for them. So, we pulled them from the movie. And I'd like to think that 90 percent of what I pulled, there's a place in John Wick 4 that I can definitely reinsert them,' he added.
Stahelski also was asked what changed since he said early during Parabellum that it would complete Wick's story.
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'On every John Wick, there's literally been a day where Keanu and I have sat in the room with whatever writing team we're working with and we go, 'Okay, we're going to end it right here and that's it.' We're not looking for the Hollywood happy ending; we never have. At least for the Wicks, we've always liked mythology and fables, or something like that, that just kind of end, and they don't tell you what happens the next day ,' he said.
Stahelski said the only modern day example that he could recall was The Graduate.
Action thriller: Keanu is shown with Cecep Arif Rahman in a still from John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
' We don't mean for them to be cliffhangers. John Wick kills 80-some-odd people over a puppy. How do you wrap that one up with a happy ending? You know what I mean? The story just kind of ends. That little journey or that little part of the journey ends,' he said.
The director said that by 'Hollywood standards, the only time you really consider it a cliffhanger is when you don't get the girl, you don't win the football game or you don't save the world. We didn't have that Hollywood climactic ending. It just kind of ended. John Wick made it out [in Parabellum], and for us, that was enough. He lived another day.'
'We label them chapters for a reason. If John Wick were a real character, we don't think those kinds of stories end well for the protagonist, just due to the lifestyle they lead. So, at some point, when we think Mr. Wick has run his course, I'm sure his demise will be epic, but until then, we're going to keep doing chapters and just tell the story, the myth or the fable for that portion of his day or that portion of his life. It's just the kind of storytelling we like,' he added.
Action sequences: Chad, shown in May 2019 in London, said there were two action sequences from Parabellum that were pulled from the movie that he plans to use in John Wick 4
Stahelski directed the first John Wick movie released in 2014 with co-director David Leitch, 50, and was the solo director for the second and third installments.
Parabellum also starred Halle Berry, 53.
John Wick 4 is scheduled for release in May 2022.
Third installment: Halle Berry also starred in Parabellum that earned $326.7 million at the worldwide box office
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