Actor Shamier Anderson has taken to Instagram to confirm that filming has started on the highly-anticipated fourth instalment in the John Wick franchise – which is currently scheduled to shoot in Berlin, Paris, Japan, and New York City.
It’s begun. #JohnWick4 is now in production. pic.twitter.com/CBZSDreg0c
— John Wick (@JohnWickMovie) June 28, 2021
John Wick: Chapter 4 will star Keanu Reeves who is reprising his role as the eponymous John Wick, Donnie Yen (Ip Man) who is playing a fellow assassin who “shares his same history and many of the same enemies”, Japanese-British pop singer Rina Sawayama as an as-yet-unrevealed female lead, Ian McShane who is returning as Winston, Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp), Bill Skarsgård (It Chapter Two), Laurence Fishburne who is reprising his role as The Bowery King, and Hiroyuki Sanada who will be playing a key character known as Watanabe.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, it’s safe to assume that Chapter 4 will pick up after the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum with Keanu Reeves’ John Wick aiming to get revenge against Ian McShane’s Winston for betraying him and taking the fight to the High Table directly.
Derek Kolstad, who wrote all three previous John Wick films, has previously revealed that he won’t be returning to write the screenplay for John Wick: Chapter 4. Instead, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum co-writer Shay Hatten and Michael Finch (American Assassin) will write the script with Chad Stahelski returning to direct once again. The film is currently scheduled for a May 27th, 2022 release.
