Keanu Reeves will
return as John “Baba Yaga” Wick in John Wick 2, the sequel to the 2014 cult hit
assassin thriller. Chad Stahelski directed the first John Wick installment with
David Leitch; the latter is only producing the sequel (since he is also busy
preparing to start production on the Cold War thriller The Coldest City), while
Stahelski has already begun filming John Wick 2 from a script written yet again
by Derek Kolstad.
It was previously
reported that Reeves as Wick will face-off with a new professional killer
played by Common in John Wick 2, but with so little known about the sequel’s
plot – and given that many of the main players in John Wick were dead by the
time that the film had reached its end – it’s been difficult to gauge what the
rest of the movie’s cast will look like. Thankfully, shortly after reports
emerged confirming that production on the next John Wick installment is
underway in New York, we have more information on the project’s acting lineup.
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As for the other new
additions: like the crew back from John Wick, they are talented character
actors who ought to be fun to watch play in the B-movie sandbox established by
the first installment in this new property. Indeed, part of the reason that
John Wick has potential to become a great franchise is because it’s a world
that begs to be expanded and explored further – which is exactly what the
sequel looks to do; not just in terms of new character, but also the settings,
as Deadline reports that the John Wick 2 production will move to Rome in early
2016.
It remains to be seen
why the John Wick sequel will be shooting partly overseas, though Stahelski and
Leitch have said their intention that their focus is on crafting another
worthwhile story centered around the John Wick character – as opposed to,
trying to go bigger and flashier, this time around. Hence, the change is
scenery should (in theory) help to better serve that same purpose.
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