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John Wick director Chad Stahelski developing Shibumi adaptation

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While he’s currently tied up with production on John Wick: Chapter 4 and has several other projects on his slate, filmmaker Chad Stahelski has signed on to produce and potentially direct a feature adaptation of Trevanian’s 1979 novel Shibumi. As reported by Deadline, Stahelski has long been a fan of the novel, which details the […]

Ian McShane returning as Winston in John Wick: Chapter 4

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Deadline has now confirmed that American Gods star Ian McShane is set to return to the John Wick franchise as Winston, John Wick’s old ally and friend who betrayed him in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Introduced in the first John Wick, Winston is the operator of the New York Continental, a hotel that serves as neutral ground for […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 casts Japanese-British pop singer Rina Sawayama

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Deadline reports John Wick: Chapter 4 has cast Japanese-British pop singer Rina Sawayama to star alongside Keanu Reeves in the highly-anticipated fourth entry of the franchise. Sawayama began her popstar career in 2017, but released her full debut album ‘Sawayama’ last year to wide critical acclaim and has even performed a duet with the legendary Elton […]

Ghost of Tsushima movie in the works from John Wick director

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Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions have tapped John Wick director Chad Stahelski to helm a big screen adaptation of the bestselling open world samurai action adventure video game Ghost of Tsushima. Released this past July, the acclaimed game follows Jin Sakai, “a samurai warrior and the last surviving member of his clan, who has to […]

John Wick helmer Chad Stahelski to direct action-thriller Classified

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New Line Cinema has snapped up the rights to Classified, an action thriller package which has John Wick helmer Chad Stahelski attached to direct. Written by Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), the film is described “as Die Hard meets Indiana Jones” and takes place inside a top secret government bunker housing […]

John Wick director Chad Stahelski discusses his work on DC’s Birds of Prey movie

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One of the most praised elements of the comic book movie Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was its action sequences which were brought to life by John Wick director Chad Stahelski and his team at 87eleven. Now, in an interview with ComicBook.com, Stahelski detailed how he was hired for the […]

John Wick director Chad Stahelski says the original script only had three kills in the entire movie

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One of the biggest action franchises in the film industry in recent times is the Keanu Reeves-led John Wick series which has become infamous for the sheer number of people the titular character kills on-screen. However, in an interview with ComicBook.com, John Wick director Chad Stahelski revealed the original script for the first film only had three deaths […]

John Wick director discusses development process on Chapter 4 and 5

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Chad Stahelski, the director of John Wick, has teased the upcoming fourth and fifth chapters in the franchise. John Wick has rather quickly become one of the most beloved action franchises around with the first three films reminding the world of what a great action star Keanu Reeves can be. The fourth and fifth entries […]

John Wick director Chad Stahelski would like to helm Blade reboot for Marvel

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Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick franchise, has named the superhero movie he would like to helm if given the opportunity at some point in the future. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Stahelski revealed he would like to take on the job of directing the upcoming Blade reboot at Marvel Studios -which is set to star Mahershala […]

John Wick’s Chad Stahelski to direct gritty fantasy Arcana

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Lionsgate has tapped John Wick director Chad Stahelski to helm Arcana, a gritty fantasy film from Predators writers Michael Finch and Alex Litvak, according to Deadline. Arcana is described as “a gritty urban fantasy set in the hidden world of magical clans.” Stahelski will produce with Jason Spitz and Alex Young through their company 87Eleven Entertainment with Finch […]