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The John Wick films are jam-packed with memorable characters, and probably the most well-received by followers to this point has been ballerina murderer Eve Macarro. After the character made her debut in John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, Eve goes to get her personal spinoff movie in 2024, fittingly titled Ballerina. The film will mark the debut for critically-acclaimed actress Ana De Armas and is certain to be successful with followers of the unique sequence, giving her character way more backstory. It’s not the one spinoff within the works; a TV sequence known as The Continental: From the World of John Wick got here out in 2023.

Hollywood Life has compiled all the main points you might want to know in regards to the upcoming film, together with what to anticipate earlier than it hits the massive display screen in 2025. Keep studying to be taught extra in regards to the Ana De Armas-starring movie.

‘Ballerina’ Release Date

Ballerina has been a mission that’s lengthy been in improvement, since 2017. It was initially written as its personal movie, earlier than turning into a part of the John Wick sequence. While it’s been a piece in progress for about six years, the film will formally hit theaters on June 6, 2025.

Cast & Crew

While the film will characteristic some contemporary faces, lots of the solid members of Ballerina will likely be very acquainted to diehard followers of John Wick. Of course, Keanu Reeves is predicted to make an look because the Baba Yaga himself. Anjelica Huston’s “The Director” is predicted to play prominently within the movie. Ian McShane and the late Lance Reddick are additionally anticipated to seem as their characters Winston Scott and Charon, respectively. The film will likely be considered one of Lance’s ultimate posthumous movie roles, after his loss of life from coronary heart illness in March 2023.

As you might most likely guess, Ana de Armas will tackle the title function of Eve, however it’s really her debut within the John Wick franchise. The ballerina murderer had beforehand appeared within the third John Wick movie, however the character was performed by ballerina Unity Phelan.

Besides Ana, there are a number of extra newcomers whose roles haven’t been divulged simply but! Norman Reedus, Catalina Sandino Moreno, and Gabriel Byrne all have been solid within the movie, however their characters haven’t but been revealed, per IMDb. 

Behind the digital camera, Len Wiseman is about to direct. He’s beforehand served as producer on main blockbusters like Total Recall and quite a few the Underworld movies. He additionally directed the primary Underworld in 2003 and some completely different episodes of TV. As a author, he created the TV sequence Sleepy Hollow and the Underworld sequence.

The script was initially written by Shay Hatten, who additionally wrote John Wick: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Some of his different credit embrace the motion comedy Day Shift and Army of Thieves, which was co-written with Zack Snyder.

Plot

While there are nonetheless many particulars of the plot to Ballerina which are anticipated to be launched, the fundamental story is {that a} feminine murderer units out to get revenge on the individuals who killed her relations. It additionally reportedly takes place between the third and fourth John Wick movies. The new film is predicted to offer some new particulars in regards to the mysterious Ruska Roma household, which John was raised in and skilled to grow to be an murderer.

While many particulars are sparse, Keanu revealed that the film will observe a lady looking for “revenge” in an look at Comic-Con in 2022. “Someone killed her father. Who could that be? And so it’s her journey for actually understanding her past. She lost her father at a young age, and she doesn’t really know what happened. Only that someone came into the house and killed her father, who had a tattoo. And as we know in John Wick, if you have a tattoo, something’s going on,” he mentioned, per Collider. 

Shay additionally revealed that the brand new film can even make clear some particulars from John Wick’s previous in a March 2023 interview with Screen Rant. “I think in Ballerina you’ll get to see some of the hints of what John experienced during his origins in that place, but through the eyes of a different character. It still solves some of the answers of Wick, just through the eyes of a new character,” the screenwriter mentioned.

Behind the Scenes

As talked about above, the script was initially written as its personal movie, earlier than retro-fitted for John Wick. Lionsgate bought the mission in July 2017, per The Hollywood Reporter. Len was introduced on to direct in October 2019, per Deadline. After it was purchased, some breadcrumbs have been positioned within the third John Wick film. Shay opened up about among the authentic particulars in his spec within the above-mentioned Screen Rant interview. “The original script was set into Swiss Alps, which is territory that the John Wick movies have not touched. So, I think in a great way, it meant that we could kind of stick to the original story of that script from Ballerina without stepping on the toes of John Wick,” he mentioned.

While Unity Phelan originated the function in John Wick 3, Ana was introduced because the main girl for the film in a CinemaCon panel in April 2022, per Comic Book. It was additionally introduced that Marco Beltrami (who scored Scream, A Quiet Place, and extra) was teaming up with Anna Drubich (who scored Barbarian and extra) to compose the movie’s music, per Film Music Reporter. 

The film reportedly began filming in Prague in November 2022, in response to The Prague Reporter. The movie is reportedly in post-production, in response to IMDb.