A John Wick prequel is in the works about how the titular assassin managed to retire, and best of all? It’s an anime

The beforehand introduced John Wick anime challenge remains to be on the best way, and now it is apparently a movie about how the titular character retired.

Round this time final yr, John Wick collection director Chad Stahelski shared that an anime project set in the franchise’s world was in the works, and on the time it was deliberate to be a TV present. Now, although, in line with a latest interview from The Hollywood Reporter with Stahelski, plainly the anime has been retooled barely. This outing will apparently be a prequel, targeted on everybody’s favorite titular murderer, as he units out on the “unattainable process” that allowed him to retire for love. Whether or not that is one thing that wanted to be coated in a movie or not is up for debate, however nonetheless, if performed proper a John Wick anime may very well be a reasonably enjoyable journey to the cinema.

On the time of the anime’s announcement, Stahelski mentioned they’re doing an anime as a result of “I really like Japanese anime a lot. To create all of the cool tales that anime may obtain higher than we may and the TV present to increase our world, we’ll nonetheless get our repair, you realize what I imply? And we’ll nonetheless have all of the enjoyable.” Stahelski is clearly making an attempt to get his mitts on as a lot anime as doable, as he is additionally been overseeing the motion sequences within the upcoming Shinichiro Watanabe-directed collection Lazarus, Watanabe finest recognized for creating Cowboy Bebop, so I am anticipating some robust battle scenes from that one.

Stahelski additionally spoke of a doable John Wick 5, although did not essentially decide to something coming that manner, saying, “is there a possibility to do [John Wick 5]? After all, there’s, whether or not it’s for cash or for creativity. Jesus, within the final three years, I’ve already had three or 4 variations of a John Wick 5. They had been alternative ways to crack the story, but it surely’s virtually a psychological train for me.”

Nevertheless, to protect the ending of the fourth movie, he did be aware that it “wouldn’t be a part of that [John Wick: Chapter 4] storyline. It will not be what you’d suppose it’s. So far as [John Wick: Chapter 4], we’ve peaked.”

There’s loads within the works for John Wick in any case, as there is a sequel TV series on the way, alongside that Ballerina spin-off due out next year.