Overview

• The film debuted in London on May 22 to positive early reviews highlighting its intense action sequences and de Armas’s performance.
• Set between John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Chapter 4, 'Ballerina' expands the franchise with a new lead character while maintaining series continuity.
• Director Len Wiseman said 2024 shoots in Budapest restored planned action scenes after he fell ill, with Chad Stahelski covering those additional sequences.
• Ana de Armas completed a rigorous training regimen—including strength work, stunt drills and screaming exercises—to authentically embody assassin Eve Macarro.
• Lionsgate’s marketing emphasizes Reeves’s return as John Wick and signals further franchise growth, with other spin-offs underway and a John Wick 5 contingent on Reeves’s availability.