“John Wick: Chapter 4” Sequel Series in The Works From Keanu Reeves & Chad Stahelski
The John Wick universe is set to expand.
Lionsgate is developing a new John Wick series with star Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski producing and Stahelski directing the pilot episode. John Wick: Under the High Table‘s script comes from The Old Man co-creator Robert Levine and will pick up where John Wick: Chapter 4 left off.
Deadline scoops that Under the High Table will explore the assort assassins, fixers, and shady underworld characters in the aftermath of Chapter 4‘s heroic sendoff for Wick himself, with new up-and-comers looking to become the next Wick, while longtime franchise characters try to keep order and the old rules intact.
It’s a similar template to how Lionsgate handled the Peacock limited series The Continent: From the World of John Wick, which mixed existing characters within the Wickiverse with newcomers.
Reeves is attached as a producer without any acting component. Under the High Table will be shopped to potential buyers, and the interest will likely be very, very high.
The big unresolved question from John Wick: Chapter 4 is whether Wick died at the end. It wasn’t entirely clear, although he was gravely injured during his standoff with fellow assassin Caine (Donnie Yen). The post-credits scene left Wick’s fate uncertain and instead pivoted to a fight between Caine and Akira (Rina Sawayama), whose father Caine killed earlier in the film. Yen’s character is set to get his own spinoff film, which will join Ana de Armas’s upcoming Wick spinoff Ballerina, set between the third and fourth installment in the Wick franchise. A fifth Wick film is in development, too.
For more on the John Wick universe, check out these stories:
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: Chad Stahelski – Director/Producer and Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4. Photo Credit: Murray Close
