Overview

• Austin Everett says he has finished an original samurai Western script set in the John Wick world, with further details kept under wraps.
• It is a reported project rather than a greenlit film, and reporting has not identified which character the story would center on.
• Director Chad Stahelski previously revealed the franchise’s planned Japanese anime shifted from a TV series to a feature film.
• The anime prequel is being directed by Shannon Tindle with a script by Vanessa Taylor, with Keanu Reeves set to voice John Wick and produce with Chad Stahelski, Basil Iwanyk, and Erica Lee for Lionsgate, Thunder Road, and 87Eleven.
• Lionsgate continues early development on John Wick: Chapter 5, which Stahelski has framed as a new story rather than a direct continuation, while spin-offs like Ballerina, The Continental, and Caine map out a broader universe.