The upcoming John Wick spinoff movie, Ballerina, will feature a major battle between Ana de Armas’ revenge-seeking ballet dancer and Keanu Reeves’ dog-loving hitman, de Armas has revealed. Teasing the sequence during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the actress, who will lead the spinoff project, called the action sequence “difficult” and revealed that the pair would exchange punches during the events of Ballerina.
"We've been in Prague filming for four months. We still have one more month to go. And I'm in pain. You know, my body, my back, everything hurts. I'm complaining, I'm sore, I'm bruised. Bond was fifteen minutes. This is a whole movie, another level. But the other day, Keanu and I were rehearsing our very difficult stunt scene, and this man is just rolling and throwing me and doing crazy stunts. And I'm like — I can't complain anymore. Because he is doing it! He truly is the best."
Of course, de Armas could not help but heap praise on Keanu Reeves while teasing the sequence, calling the beloved actor “the best.” A sentiment that seems to be shared by anyone who has ever worked with, or even met, the John Wick star.
Helmed by Total Recall and Die Hard 4 filmmaker Len Wiseman, Ballerina will take place between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and the upcoming John Wick: Chapter 4, introducing No Time to Die star Ana de Armas as a ballerina-assassin named Rooney. In true John Wick-style, Ballerina follows Rooney as she attempts to hunt down the assassins who killed her family. So, considering that Rooney and Wick will come to blows, was Baba Yaga one of the assassins responsible?
Alongside Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves, Ballerina will see Ian McShane reprise the role of Winston Scott, the owner of the Continental Hotel, alongside Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental, and Anjelica Huston as "The Director.” The rest of the cast includes the likes of Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Hereditary), Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead), and Catalina Sandino Moreno (From, Maria Full of Grace).
John Wick: Chapter 4 Will See Keanu Reeves Take On The High Table
John Wick: Chapter 4, meanwhile, will find Keanu Reeves once again on a quest for both survival and revenge after uncovering a path to defeating the High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes. With the price on his head ever-increasing, John Wick: Chapter 4 sees Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin.
Directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, John Wick: Chapter 4 stars Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen as Caine, Bill Skarsgård as The Marquis de Gramont, Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu, Shamier Anderson as Tracker, Lance Reddick as Charon, Rina Sawayama as Akira, Scott Adkins as Killa, and Ian McShane as Winston Scott, as well as Clancy Brown, Marko Zaror, and Natalia Tena.
John Wick: Chapter 4 is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate on March 24, 2023. Ballerina has not yet been given a release date.