The world of John Wick keeps getting more formidable. Over the last several months, the latest installment has added a slate of major names. But it looks like we’re going to have to wait a little longer to see it. Lionsgate has pushed John Wick: Chapter 4 back by nearly a year. Now, instead 0f May 2022, we’ll be seeing John Wick back in action on March 24, 2023. The studio announced the new release date in a cheeky video.
Of course, Keanu Reeves is returning for the fourth installment. (And is also filming a fifth film back to back.) Joining the actor is legendary actor Donnie Yen. The Rogue One actor will play an old friend of John Wick’s. And the two share a long history, and many similar enemies. So, sounds to us like Yen is another deadly assassin type. Possibly one who gave up that life, similar to how John Wick did. Additionally, Clancy Brown will appear, in a role currently unknown. Brown often plays villainous roles, and we can definitely see that for him here. Although, we’re certainly ready to see him shake it up.
Hiroyuki Sanada has joined the cast, per Deadline. Sanada has had quite a year already, starring in Mortal Kombat and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. Now, the 60-year-old Japanese actor will join (or fight?) Keanu Reeves in the latest Wick venture. Sanada’s career spans large and small. He may be best known to some for recent turns in major comic book movies like Avengers: Endgame and The Wolverine. But his film acting career dates back to the 1960s, and includes work under Japanese directors including Masahiro Makino, Teruo Ishii, Kinji Fukasaku, and more.
In 2002, he starred in Yoji Yamada’s The Twilight Samurai. Around the same time, he established himself as a tour de force onstage in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear. Notably, Sanada also costarred in the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer. More recently, among the aforementioned features, Sanada enjoyed a recurring role on HBO’s science fiction series Westworld. Also in the cast is recording artist Rina Sawayama, making her film debut, and Shamier Anderson, best known for his role on Wynonna Earp.
Chad Stahelski is directing John Wick: Chapter 4, with Shay Hatten and Michael Finch writing. The film is scheduled to hit theaters on March 24, 2023.
Originally published on June 17, 2021.
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