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John Wick 5 Gets Update, Keanu Reeves' Caine Spin-off Status Revealed
Longtime Jon Wick director Chad Stahelski recently opened up about progress on John Wick 5, the planned Caine spin-off, and how Keanu Reeves factors into it all.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Stahelski was asked about how John Wick 5 will move forward while still trying to keep Wick's death in the fourth movie a canon fact. Stahelski admitted that coming up with ideas was tough and that they are still trying to crack it.
'I'm not going to lie to you, it's a bit of a conundrum,' said Stahelski. 'Me and Mike Finch — the writer on 4 who's also writing 5 — we've got a pretty good story that I think is cool. Once we have a 50-page book, and if we're feeling it, we'll sit with Keanu and shape this thing. Look, everybody seems to want it. It's a matter of whether we crack it. We're actively working on it. It's just . . . is it going to be satisfying?'
Despite the reported development of a fifth film, Stahelski seemed more apprehensive about the film existing, noting that 'if' they decide it isn't right, they will likely stumble across other story ideas in the process. The director noted that the studio does 'very much' want a fifth movie, though, and they are trying.
'The studio would very much will it into existence, I'm sure, at some point. Look, they've been great and they've asked us to really try and we have a really good couple of ideas and we're going to try.'
Another question asked of Stahelski was whether or not Wick will appear in the planned spin-off movie Caine, which stars Donny Yen. Stahelski did reveal that Wick won't be in that movie and offered up what fans can expect from its tone.
'The Donny Yen spinoff doesn't have the John Wick character. It's got Donny Yen and it's an ode to kung fu movies,' Stahelski said. 'If John Wick 1 was about Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin, this is about Chow Yun-fat, John Woo and Wong Kar-wai. So I think that one is a little easier to get it across to audiences because it's in a sub-genre of what we love.'
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
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