Ana de Armas is En Pointe in First Trailer for “John Wick” Spinoff “Ballerina”
Vengeance has a new face.
Ana de Armas is ready to take her place in the John Wick universe, one brutal takedown of a would-be assassin at a time. The first trailer for Ballerina finds our new heroine, Eva Macarro (de Armas), as she begins training as an assassin in the traditions of the Ruska Roma. Ballerina is set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and recently benefited from longstanding John Wick mastermind director Chad Stahelski. stepping in to assist director Len Wiseman punch up new action sequences shot in 2024.
Wick has been one of the most successful action franchises of the past decade, with Keanu Reeve’s be-suited bada** first appearing on the big screen back in 2014 when his doleful hitman was trying to get out of the game, but was pulled back in when some very ill-advised home invaders killed his beloved dog, Daisy. That first kinetic action flick spawned an entire universe, with Reeves appearing in three more films—in the last, John Wick: Chapter 4, he met his fate in a final standoff with Donnie Yen’s Caine.
Because Ballerina is set between John Wick 4 and 4, Reeves can have a cameo in the film. Ana De Armas has proven herself eminently capable of handling action; she was stellar as a young CIA operative in Daniel Craig’s last turn as James Bond in No Time To Die. Here, she’s joined by Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus, Catalina Sandino, Wick patriarch Ian McShane, and the late great Lance Reddick.
Wiseman directs from a script by John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum scribe Shay Hatten.
Check out the trailer below. Ballerina dances onto screens in 2025.
For more on the John Wick universe, check out these stories:
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Keanu Reeves Told the “John Wick: Chapter 4” Team He Wanted Wick to Die at the End
“John Wick: Chapter 4” Editor Nathan Orloff on Cutting Chaos Into Crackling Coherence
Featured image: Ana de Armas as Eve in Ballerina. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
