John Wick seemingly died on the finish of John Wick: Chapter 4. And since then, Keanu Reeves has dismissed any and all speak about one other John Wick sequel. Perhaps he’s been doing that as a result of it doesn’t matter if John Wick is lifeless or not — Lionsgate will nonetheless stick him in extra films anyway.

For instance, right here he’s prominently featured within the trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, a derivative movie that nominally stars Ana de Armas as one other murderer in the identical fictional universe. However the second half of the teaser is usually about John Wick (Reeves) displaying as much as battle de Armas’ character. The movie explains Wick’s seeming resurrection by setting itself previous to the occasions of Chapter 4.

You possibly can watch the action-packed trailer beneath:

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I’ll say this: In a world the place Sony has made a complete bunch of Spider-Man “spinoffs” about characters that don’t have anything to do with Spider-Man, wherein Spider-Man by no means seems and is usually not even talked about, it’s good to see a derivative that appears like an respectable spinoff. Whereas de Armas didn’t really seem in John Wick: Chapter 3, the movie that launched the idea of those killer ballerinas, a minimum of Reeves, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, and the late Lance Reddick are all readily available to provide a way of continuity to the mission.

In consequence, you possibly can’t say Ballerina’s not firmly related to the remainder of John Wick. (Plus flamethrower motion is definitely a novel idea.) Right here is the official synopsis for Ballerina:

Going down throughout the occasions of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Ballerina follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who’s starting her coaching within the murderer traditions of the Ruska Roma.

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina is ready to lastly open in theaters on June 6.