Keanu Reeves shot his way to our tv screens in John Wick, the superb action flick with a nostalgic feeling of the days of The Matrix trilogy, back in 2014.
Now this week, Lionsgate announced that the sequel to John Wick would start shooting this fall and yesterday, director Chad Stahelski would be sole directing the movie, compared to the first one when he shared the director’s seat with David Leitch. Leitch would also be working on this project but as an executive producer.
During an interview on February 4, 2015, directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch revealed that a John Wick sequel was currently in development. On February 6, 2015, CEO of Lionsgate, Jon Feltheimer made an announcement during a conference call, to which he stated, “We see John Wick as a multiple-title action franchise”. Additionally, it was reported that Kolstad will return to write the screenplay.
John Wick is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe, the film stars Reeves as John Wick, a retired hitman seeking vengeance for the brutal theft of his vintage car and the killing of his puppy, a gift from his recently deceased wife. Stahelski and Leitch, both of 87Eleven Productions, directed the film together, though Leitch was uncredited.
