Chad Stahelski Is Still Skeptical ‘John Wick 5’ Will Actually Be Made: I Don’t Want to ‘Overstay Our Welcome’ | rssama.com

Chad Stahelski still can’t judge that a 5th “John Wick” film is successful nan works. Or is it? While Stahelski and co-writer Mike Finch person developed a communicative for “John Wick 5,” nan franchise head is skeptical of whether aliases not nan movie will really get made. In fact, he hasn’t moreover brought nan conception to lead prima Keanu Reeves yet — contempt Lionsgate announcing successful April 2025 that Reeves would beryllium backmost successful nan role.

“John Wick 5” was first confirmed successful 2020 and later officially announced successful 2025. Reeves’ titular characteristic seemingly died successful nan 4th film; however, nan Lionsgate merchandise declared that Wick lives and will return for nan 5th installment.

Stahelski now told THR that he is unsure if a imaginable 5th movie could moreover beryllium “satisfying” to make. “Me and Mike Finch — nan writer on ‘4’ who’s besides writing ‘5’ — we’ve sewage a beautiful bully communicative that I deliberation is cool. Once we person a 50-page book, and if we’re emotion it, we’ll beryllium pinch Keanu and style this thing. Look, everybody seems to want it. It’s a matter of whether we ace it. We’re actively moving connected it. It’s conscionable … is it going to beryllium satisfying?” he said.

When asked by THR why location is simply a continuation of nan franchise pinch Reeves moreover aft nan 4th movie “ended truthful well,” Stahelski said, “I’m pinch you, man. Keanu and I person discussed this galore times and consciousness nan aforesaid way. We finished ‘3’ and thought that was going to beryllium nan past one.”

He continued, “Look, we ne'er expected to end ‘John Wick.’ I conscionable dislike cheesy endings. I dislike happy endings. Over a agelong capable timeline, everything’s a fucking tragedy. If you termination 86 people, you don’t get away. So erstwhile we sewage to ‘4,’ we wanted to person thing that had a batch of destiny and consequence. The ending was going to beryllium a cliffhanger. Then we were sitting successful Japan [during nan filming of ‘4’] going, ‘We didn’t instrumentality nan landing.’ [Our original ending] benignant of sucked. ‘Fuck, we sewage to decorativeness this, right?’ So I was really happy pinch nan way ‘4’ ended. It was Keanu and I saying, ‘Thank you, it’s been awesome, but it is clip to go.’ I didn’t want to overstay our welcome.”

Stahelski added, “If we spell down nan roadworthy of ‘John Wick 5’ and build this communicative and determine this isn’t right, location are astir apt going to beryllium 10 different things we’ll observe that we’ll usage for different things. It’s a awesome imaginative exercise. It’s being successful nan room riffing pinch group we love. That’s thing but wins.”

However, Stahelski’s imagination for nan process of perchance making nan movie mightiness beryllium astatine likelihood pinch what Lionsgate wants. “The workplace would very overmuch will it into existence, I’m sure, astatine immoderate point,” he said. “Look, they’ve been awesome and they’ve asked america to really effort and we person a really bully mates of ideas and we’re going to try.”

Reeves successful nan meantime will beryllium appearing successful spinoff movie “Ballerina.”