We’ll have to wait a little longer, make that a lot longer, before Keanu Reeves returns for his latest round of artful headshots. John Wick: Chapter 4 was slated to hit theaters on May 27, 2022, but Lionsgate announced today that the release of John Wick 4 has been delayed to March 24, 2023. That’s quite the delay.
This isn’t the first time that the release of John Wick 4 has been delayed. The sequel was once slated to hit theaters on May 21st of this year but was pushed back due to COVID-19 concerns as well as Keanu Reeves’ commitment to The Matrix Resurrections. With COVID cases spiking once again, Lionsgate is likely wanting to play it safe and save John Wick for a time when theaters will (hopefully) be back in action.
Production on John Wick: Chapter 4 wrapped up this October with Keanu Reeves once again playing the legendary assassin. Reeves will be joined by Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson, Bill Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, and Rina Sawayama. The film will also see the return of a few franchise veterans including Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Ian McShane as Winston, manager of the Continental Hotel, and Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge of the Continental.
Speaking of The Continental, we’ll be exploring that world further with a three-part special-event TV series that will take place decades before the film series. Colin Woodell is set to star as a young Winston in The Continental, the character played by Ian McShane in the movies. The series will explore “the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins, a centerpiece of the John Wick universe, through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott (Woodell) who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals.”