Chad Stahelski, the co-creator of the John Wick franchise, opens up concerning the challenges of creating John Wick: Chapter 5. The sequel was introduced by Lionsgate at CinemaCon 2025, with each Keanu Reeves and Stahelski confirmed to return. Just lately, the franchise returned to the massive display screen with the Ballerina spinoff starring Ana de Armas, sparking conversations concerning the upcoming sequel that’s presently in improvement.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Stahelski revealed the problem they’re dealing with. The franchise’s co-creator admitted that it was “a little bit of a conundrum” to comply with up the satisfying ending in Chapter 4, however they have already got a “fairly good story” that they’re “actively engaged on” to become an entire script. Learn his feedback under:
I’m not going to deceive you, it’s a little bit of a conundrum. Me and Mike Finch — the author on 4 who’s additionally writing 5 — we’ve acquired a reasonably good story that I feel is cool. As soon as now we have a 50-page e book, and if we’re feeling it, we’ll sit with Keanu and form this factor. Look, everyone appears to need it. It’s a matter of whether or not we crack it. We’re actively engaged on it. It’s simply … is it going to be satisfying?
The Artistic Course of For John Wick: Chapter 5 Hasn’t Been Easy
Stahelski has beforehand clarified that John Wick: Chapter 5‘s plot will not be a continuation of the Excessive Desk storyline, because it has already ended with Chapter 4. Just lately, he additionally confused that the explanation they have been hesitant concerning the sequel is that he did not need to disappoint followers of the franchise. Though the mission has been confirmed by Lionsgate, the co-creator’s latest feedback appear to point that the mission’s destiny relies on whether or not they’ll be capable to discover a adequate story to inform.
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It additionally sounds just like the inventive staff is engaged on making a “satisfying” follow-up to Chapter 4, which could possibly be a great signal. It implies that if the sequel finally ends up being made, it’s going to doubtless have an authentically sturdy plot, which makes Reeves’ subsequent John Wick film extremely anticipated. However, Stahelski’s feedback additionally reveal that they’re nonetheless engaged on the script, and there is a stage of uncertainty round whether or not their present thought could possibly be changed into a “50-page e book.”
John Wick: Chapter 4 Is A Robust Act To Comply with
It is comprehensible that the director and co-creator of the primary 4 John Wick motion pictures feels a bit unsure concerning the sequel, particularly after having closed a massively satisfying chapter with John Wick: Chapter 4. Chapter 5 is not a continuation however the begin of a brand new storyline, besides the film has to take care of huge expectations for a sequel as a substitute of the primary in a collection, which makes issues a bit tough.
With the franchise branching out into different media and spinoffs, the world of John Wick is increasing whereas staying contemporary. It is rather a lot simpler to proceed an unfinished storyline and begin a film round a brand new character than to discover what’s subsequent for John Wick after he has fought so laborious by 4 movies for a bit peace. This does not imply John Wick: Chapter 5 is not taking place, however it’d take extra time and inventive juice to come back to life.
Supply: THR