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Ballerina
Directed byLen Wiseman
Screenplay by
Story byShay Hatten
Based onCharacters
by Derek Kolstad
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRomain Lacourbas
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate Films
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ballerina is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten in collaboration with Emerald Fennell, from an original story by Hatten. It is intended to be the fifth film and seventh installment overall of the John Wick franchise. Starring Ana de Armas as Rooney, a ballerina-assassin previously portrayed by Unity Phelan in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), with Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves reprising their roles from previous films, filming began in November 2022, in Prague.

Premise

A ballerina-assassin hunts the assassins who killed her family.

Cast

Production

Development

In July 2017, Lionsgate Films acquired Shay Hatten's action thriller Ballerina, with Thunder Road Films producing the film with Hatten rewriting the script to be a part of the John Wick franchise.[3] By October 2019, Len Wiseman was hired to direct the film.[4] In May 2020, Stahelski stated that Wiseman had read the script earlier, and approached the studio with a pitch of how he would develop the project, based on Hatten's draft, for which the proof of concept had previously been uploaded to YouTube in September 2017.[5] Stahelski met with Wiseman, and approached executives to hire the filmmaker. He confirmed that he and his team will work closely with Wiseman on the action sequences and stunts for the film, while acknowledging that Wiseman's filmmaking style will add variety to the franchise. At that point, Wiseman and Hatten were working on a newer draft of the script.[6]

In May 2020, it was reported that the studio is looking for an actress, with Chloë Grace Moretz as the template for the kind of talent they are looking for.[7] By October 2021, Ana de Armas entered negotiations to portray the titular character, a ballerina-assassin named Rooney, replacing Unity Phelan, who previously portrayed the character in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).[8] By April 2022 at CinemaCon, Lionsgate officially announced that de Armas will star in the lead role. Principal photography will commence later that summer.[9] In July of the same year, it was revealed that de Armas had personally selected Emerald Fennell to contribute to the script as one of its writers.[10] In November 2022, Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves joined the cast of the film, reprising their roles from previous films as Winston Scott and Jardani Jovonovich / John Wick, respectively,[1][2] before being rejoined by Anjelica Huston reprising as "The Director".[11]

Filming

Principal photography began on November 7, 2022, in Prague.[12][1][13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Borys, Kit (November 8, 2022). "Ian McShane Joins Ana de Armas in Lionsgate's John Wick Spinoff Ballerina (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Maggie, Lovitt (November 8, 2022). "Keanu Reeves Returns as John Wick in Ballerina Spinoff [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Kit, Borys (July 25, 2017). "Lionsgate Plotting John Wick Universe With Ballerina Action Script (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (October 8, 2019). "Len Wiseman Set To Direct Female-Centric John Wick Spinoff Ballerina". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Rimburg, Vlad (September 27, 2017). Ballerina: Proof of Concept Action Design – Female John Wick. Vlad Rimburg. Retrieved September 27, 2017 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Davids, Brian (May 20, 2020). "Filmmaker Chad Stahelski on John Wick 4 and His Matrix 4 Involvement". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Campell, Jacob (May 5, 2020). "Ballerina: John Wick Spinoff Eyeing Chloë Grace Moretz In Lead Role". Full Circle Cinema. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (October 28, 2021). "Ana De Armas In Talks To Lead John Wick Spinoff Ballerina; Movie Spearheads Bumper AFM Slate For Lionsgate". Deadline. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  9. ^ Anderson, Jenna (April 28, 2022). "Ana de Armas Confirmed to Star in John Wick Spinoff Ballerina". ComicBook.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022./
  10. ^ Meltzer, Marisa (July 13, 2022). "Ana's Getaway". Elle. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  11. ^ Kit, Borys (November 21, 2022). "Anjelica Huston Joins Ana de Armas in Lionsgate's John Wick Spinoff Ballerina (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. PMRC.
  12. ^ Pirodsky, Jason (November 5, 2022). "John Wick spinoff Ballerina, with Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves, kicks off Prague shoot". The Prague Reporter. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  13. ^ Welk, Brian (November 5, 2022). "Lionsgate Flirting with Major John Wick Video Game". IndieWire. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

External links

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