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John Wick: Chapter 5 and more spin-offs are in development

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With the success of the John Wick franchise having expanded into spin-offs with the prequel series The Continental premiering this fall and the Ana de Armas-led Ballerina next year, it’s no surprise to learn Lionsgate is not only developing further spin-offs but have officially announced John Wick: Chapter 5 is in development as well. In Lionsgate’s earnings call, executive Joe Drake discussed […]

John Wick: The Best Assassins in the Franchise

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Olly Dyche on the best assassins in the John Wick franchise… Assassins in movies are without a doubt, awesome. No matter their skill, or specific way of killing, assassins tend to be incredibly fascinating characters, and there is no franchise that shows the breadth and intricacy of the assassin underworld better – nor cooler – […]

Ten John Wick-Inspired Movies For Your Action Fix

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Hasitha Fernando dives into ten John Wick-inspired movies to give you your action fix… Every couple of years an action movie would come along that instantly becomes a gamechanger in the genre and the template to be followed for the next decade or so – John Wick was such a film. Released in 2014 the […]

John Wick is now a billion dollar franchise with box office success of Chapter 4

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John Wick is a billion-dollar baby now. The action film franchise has been a fan-favorite pop culture moment since its debut in 2014, and now that’s paying off in the form of the franchise surpassing a billion at the box office. With the success of John Wick: Chapter 4, the franchise is now standing at […]

The Top 5 John Wick Action Scenes

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Ricky Church on the top five action scenes in the John Wick franchise… After a few delays in production, mostly due to pandemic related issues these last couple of years, John Wick: Chapter 4 was finally released and has dominated the box office with critics – including our very own Rob Kojder and EJ Moreno – citing […]

Tom Cruise vs. Keanu Reeves: Who will be 2023’s King of Action?

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Tom Jolliffe previews what promises to be a stellar year for action cinema as two titans bring franchise heavy-hitters to the table… As far as films have gone, 2022 was pretty damn stellar. It’s the first year in a long time where I can honestly say I’ll struggle to put a top ten together. It’s […]

John Wick prequel series The Continental gets a first trailer and poster

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Peacock has debuted the first trailer and poster for The Continental, the upcoming John Wick prequel series. The three-part crime thriller series explores the mysterious origins of the hotel-for-assassins, The Continental, through the eyes of a young Winton Scott in the hell-scape of 1970’s New York City. Watch the trailer below… The three-part event will […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 scores franchise high $137.5 million global opening

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After a quiet couple of weeks for multiplexes, director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves injected some life into the box office this week as John Wick: Chapter 4 exploded into cinemas worldwide, racking up a franchise high global weekend in the process. Domestically, the fourth entry in the hit gun fu action series punched, […]

Movie Review – John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

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John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023. Directed by Chad Stahelski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Ian McShane, Kamel El-Torky, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Clancy Brown, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lance Reddick, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Aimée Kwan, Marko Zaror, Natalia Tena, and George Georgiou. SYNOPSIS: John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But […]

John Wick: Chapter 4 tracking franchise high $115M global debut

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John Wick: Chapter 4 really does elevate the action to a whole other level, and it looks as though the Keanu Reeves sequel is going to have the box-office receipts to match, with the news that it’s set to open with a franchise best $115 million.  We called it “a relentless gauntlet of mayhem” in […]