Folks preserve asking if Keanu Reeves is back (in John Wick) and, sadly, it appears he actually does have a solution.
Talking to CBS News in a recent interview alongside Sonic the Hedgehog 3 director Jeff Fowler, The Matrix star was requested in regards to the state of his vengeance-driven hitman within the neo-noir movie franchise.
“You may by no means say by no means, however my knees proper now are saying, ‘You may’t do one other John Wick,’” the actor, who voices Sonic alter-ego and enemy Shadow within the animated threequel, stated. “So my coronary heart does [want to], however I don’t know if my knees can do it.”
Fowler jumped in, joking that Reeves will painting the animal cartoon character for the following 20 years as an alternative: “Which is why you possibly can voice Shadow for, like, a long time to come back. No bodily limitations! Simply your voice.”
The query posed to Reeves comes amid the franchise’s 10-year anniversary and growth into much-anticipated spinoff Ballerina, with Ana De Armas stepping into the role of a skilled murderer (having since graduated from scene-stealing Bond woman to totally fleshed killer). Due in theaters June 6, 2025, the Lionsgate movie additionally options Reeves because the infamous Baba Yaga, passing the baton to the younger trainee.
Happening through the occasions of 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the motion flick additionally stars recruiter Ian McShane and coaching camp teacher Sharon Duncan-Brewster. Given the pic’s timeline, the late Lance Reddick (whose character Charon dies within the fourth installment), additionally makes a cameo.
Since its 2014 inception, the John Wick universe has crossed the $1 billion mark. The sprawling franchise now contains final yr’s Peacock prequel restricted sequence The Continental, in addition to the forthcoming sequel sequence John Wick: Under the High Table; Lionsgate movie with Donnie Yen reprising his role because the extremely expert, blind murderer Caine and in-the-works prequel anime film.
Reeves, whose character faces an ambiguous, probably deadly finish on the shut of Chapter 4, has spoken beforehand in regards to the grueling filming course of of every John Wick adaptation. Earlier this yr, the 60-year-old actor additionally recalled a brutal knee injury he incurred on the set of Aziz Ansari’s star-studded comedy movie Good Fortune, saying it “cracked like a potato chip.”
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly final yr, Reeves stated of a fifth installment: “I don’t know, I assume I’m going to must lean on by no means say by no means. I imply, I wouldn’t do a John Wick movie with out [filmmaker] Chad Stahelski. We’d must see what that regarded like. For me, it feels actually proper that John Wick finds peace.”
