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John Wick prequel film will be an anime!

John Wick prequel film will be an anime!

Written by Ross Locksley on 23 Oct 2024



John Wick director Chad Stahelski has revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the team are working on a John Wick anime prequel that will show his life before the first film, a smart way to add to the lore without having to digitally de-age Keanu Reeves. With a new TV series, spin off film and John Wick 5 officially confirmed, it seems like the franchise is firing on every cylinder and hopefully it all comes together. Rarely has a movie franchise revolving around a single character been so successful, but John Wick 4 was very well received by fans and critics alike, the premise clearly catching the zeitgeist and evolving with every new iteration.

"Right now, we’re knee-deep in development on a feature anime about John Wick. It’s a prequel to the movies, which is awesome. It’s fun that it’s in a different medium. We can be a little bit more crazy and nutty in the anime."

If anything lends itself to the frenetic visuals of anime, it's the balletic bullet-style of John Wick, a veritable juggernaut of unstoppable death. Will it be any good? Last word to the director:

"To be completely fucking arrogant for a second, we didn’t just work the last 10 years to see it all go to shit."


Ross Locksley
About Ross Locksley

Ross founded the UK Anime Network waaay back in 1995 and works in and around the anime world in his spare time. You can read his more personal articles on UKA's sister site, The Anime Independent.


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