Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves’ John Wick Spar in Lethal New “Ballerina” Trailer

Eva Macarro, meet John Wick.

Ana de Armas has entered the John Wick universe, so it’s fitting her character, Eva Macarro, faces off against the man himself. At the 1:45 mark in this new trailer, Eva and John have a snowy encounter in which neither are backing down. The reason Wick is alive here despite having met his fate in John Wick: Chapter 4 is because Ballerina is set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

Eva has officially begun her training as an assassin in the traditions of the Ruska Roma. Keeping things well within the world of Wick, director Len Wiseman directs from a script by John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum scribe Shay Hatten. Eva’s got skills not even Wick possessed—she was a ballerina, after all, hence the title—and her thirst for vengeance is even greater than his initial motivation, which was, if you recall, avenging his dog Daisy.

Ballerina bows two years after Chapter 4, which proved the popularity of the franchise by becoming its biggest hit yet. The Wick universe is expanding in all directions, including forward, with a fifth installment in the flagship franchise (however, Reeves has insisted he’s not going to reinhabit the character again). Reeves has been Gun Fu fighting since 2014 when his doleful hitman was trying to get out of the game, but then the Daisy nightmare happened. Reeves appeared in three more films, with Chapter 4 proving to be his last, thanks to a noble end at the hands of Donnie Yen’s Caine.

Ana De Armas is more than ready for the role—she was aces as a young CIA operative in Daniel Craig’s last turn as James Bond in No Time To Die. She’s joined by Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus, Catalina Sandino, Wick patriarch Ian McShane, and the late great Lance Reddick.

Check out the new trailer below. Ballerina dances onto screens in 2025.

Featured image: Ana de Armas as Eve and Keanu Reeves as John Wick in Ballerina. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate