In fact, John Wick: Chapter 4’s director Chad Stahelski is aware of precisely when every film within the franchise takes place, however the solutions about that timeline might shock even probably the most die-hard followers. In an unique interview with Collider’s Steven Weintraub, Stahelski mentioned the franchise’s expansive timeline, revealing that the occasions of the primary three motion pictures really occur in a span of lower than two weeks.
Launched in 2014’s John Wick tells the story of a retired murderer (Keanu Reeves) who goes again to killing after being attacked by the son a strong mobster son. Wick’s quest for revenge shakes the established order of the underground community of assassins he used to work for, which leads him to be hunted by some harmful folks in 2017’s John Wick: Chapter 2 and 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
For the reason that occasions of the three motion pictures are deeply intertwined, we imagined they occurred in a brief interval. Nonetheless, Stahelski says the timeline is extra concise than followers may count on. Within the director’s phrases, “It is virtually like every week and a half, time-wise.” And even when John Wick: Chapter 4 options the most important time bounce within the franchise, the entire story remains to be advised in lower than a yr. Within the director’s phrases:
“Effectively, we figured the primary three motion pictures virtually occurred in like every week, week and a half, someplace in there. That is my model, I feel Keanu’s is a bit of totally different, and I feel that is like six months later. So inside a yr, I feel all of it occurs. I might say virtually inside 7 to eight months.”
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Throughout the interview, Stahelski additionally spoke about how among the film’s occasions decided the inventive staff’s strategy to the timeline problem. So, whereas they determined by no means to deal with the passage of time on display, the accidents suffered by Wick affected the franchise’s timeline planning. Stahelski explains:
“I feel it was in the second, we really sort of considered that [including an explicit time frame] between the 2, however then we had been like, ‘Ah, that’s sort of goofy, we’ll simply let folks guess.’ As a result of we did not understand how dangerous we had been gonna injure him. You recognize, after quantity three, you are like, ‘Okay.’ We will stretch it a bit of bit, however he did fall off a constructing, so we’re like, ‘Eh, a femur? Six months.’”
When Is John Wick: Chapter 4 Coming to Theaters?
John Wick 4 is the primary film within the franchise to not be written by Derek Kolstad, a call that didn’t come from the screenwriter. Stahelski, nevertheless, is again to helm the sequel after co-directing the primary movie with David Leitch and taking full management of the second and third installments. Stahelski directs from a script by Military of the Useless’s Shay Hatten and American Murderer’s Michael Finch. John Wick 4 can even see the return of Ian McShane’s Winson and Lance Reddick’s Charon. The film additionally stars martial legend Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson (Tenet), Invoice Skarsgård (It), Hiroyuki Sanada (Mortal Kombat), Scott Adkins (Physician Unusual), and Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption).
John Wick: Chapter 4 arrives in theaters on March 24, 2023. Try the film’s trailer and synopsis under, and search for extra from our unique interview with Chad Stahelski quickly.
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating the Excessive Desk. However earlier than he can earn his freedom, Wick should face off in opposition to a brand new enemy with highly effective alliances throughout the globe and forces that flip previous buddies into foes.