Yesterday, Lionsgate pushed back its “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” a year from its initial June 7 release date to June 6, 2025. Why the delay? Well, franchise fans already knew that Chad Stahelski was back in the fold as creative supervisor to shoot additional action sequences for the film. But series star Ian McShane provided more details during a recent interview on BBC‘s “The One.” 

READ MORE: Lionsgate Pushes ‘John Wick’ Spinoff ‘Ballerina’ To June 2025, ‘The Crow’ Takes Over Original June 7 Release Date

When asked about what’s going with “Ballerina,” McShane replied, “It’s not reshoots, it’s new shoots.

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“The Continental,” subtitled somewhere in the marketing as, “From the World of John Wick,” is indeed what it advertises: a series that spins off from the kinetic assassins action-thriller franchise starring Keanu Reeves and now on its fourth installment, possibly going on a fifth. “John Wick” has its own intricate mythology filled with codes and currencies— the High Table, The Bowery King and The Bowery Boys, The Operators, Adjudicators, and of course, The Continental, the opulently noir-ish underworld assassin-friendly hotel where “No business can be conducted on the neutral premises.” Aka, you may be a contract killer, but you cannot kill within The Continental grounds, such is the strangely gallant “honor among thieves” conduct ideologies and rules the hotel and its murderous guests abide by.

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As things continue to shift with the ongoing strikes, the release calendar for September is surprisingly packed with new releases along with some returning. While some series, such as “Sex Education” will be premiering final seasons, others, such as “The Boys” spinoff “Gen V” aim to create yet another mega-hit series. The tone of shows premiering is all over the place, too, which is always fun, from romantic comedies to horror fantasy.

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Earlier this year, “John Wick: Chapter 4” became the action franchise’s highest-grossing title, taking in $432.2 million globally off an $100 million budget. Not bad for a series once slated for a direct-to-video release. And there’s more from the world of John Wick to come: before Ana de Armas stars in the spinoff “Ballerina” next year, here comes “The Continental,” a prequel series that hits Peacock in September.

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After the massive success of “John Wick: Chapter 4” earlier this year, the franchise is hotter than ever before. This seems like the perfect time for Peacock to debut the first ‘Wick’ spinoff, the upcoming series “The Continental.”

READ MORE: ‘Ballerina’: Ana de Armas’ ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Film Set For June 2024 Release

As seen in the trailer for “The Continental,” the series takes place decades before the ‘Wick’ films and follows the story of a young Winston who is given the job of trying to rescue his brother from a really bad situation.

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Unlike many other franchises in popular media, the “John Wick” film franchise keeps growing in popularity. This year, we saw the fourth film, “John Wick: Chapter 4” outgross the first three films by a large margin and earn critical acclaim in the process. Now, Lionsgate is testing the waters to see if ‘Wick’ can work on TV with the upcoming series, “The Continental.”

READ MORE: ‘Ballerina’: Ana de Armas’ ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Film Set For June 2024 Release

With “The Continental” arriving this fall, Peacock has released a slew of new images to show the various characters who occupy this “John Wick” spinoff series.

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As “John Wick: Chapter 4” continues its run in theaters, with over $306.6 million made at the box office, it’s time to start considering the franchise’s future. Will Keanu Reeves ever return to Chad Stahelski‘s series? Both actor and director are cagey in answering that question. But Reeves shows up in Len Wiseman‘s spin-off “Ballerina” with Ana de Armas next year, so this action franchise isn’t over quite yet.

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Two years ago, Bob Iger pointed to the rafters and said, the future of our business is on streaming and Disney+. By then, everyone had a streaming service or one in the works, and it ushered in the age of #TooMuchContent. However, as we know, after the Wall Street Netflix crash of April 2022, which impacted the entire industry as the stock market totally reevaluated the worth of all streaming services, things are changing.

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At the risk of repeating ourselves, though we do encourage you to read our intro and list of the Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of 2021, there is a lot of television out there and it’s only growing. And growing immensely. With the advent of the streaming age and then the super-charged streaming age of the last two/three years. In trying to catch up to Netflix, Disney+ launched November 2019, AppleTV+ and HBO Max weren’t far behind and now pretty much every company in movies and television has its own streaming network.

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Starz and Lionsgate are teaming for a new prequel series about the early days of “John Wick” character Winston (played by Ian McShane), titled “The Continental.” The new series focuses on the iconic hotel of the same name, which is a safe haven for assassins. The world of assassins these characters inhabit revolves around a secret group called The High Table, who control criminal syndicates with a violent iron fist, and apparently, everyone has to commit loyalty to them just to operate.

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If there’s one franchise that seems to be universally beloved amongst action fans right now, it’s Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick.” Partially, people just love Keanu Reeves, who is carrying the load in the franchise, but also it’s because the action is so amazing and interesting, you could watch John Wick murder guys for two hours with no problems. But now, the “John Wick” franchise is spinning off and without Reeves, there’s a new star in the cast—Mel Gibson.

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Lionsgate and Starz are expanding the “John Wick” franchise with a three-part event series focused on a young Winston in New York City during the 1970s, and they’ve selected their main director for the project, “The Continental.”

READ MORE: ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Series Details: ‘The Continental’ Is A Prequel Focusing On A Young Winston In NYC During The 1970s

The global hotel chain acts as neutral ground for assassins and offers various services to its clientele, some work-related and other things more relaxing.

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The “John Wick” franchise led by actor Keanu Reeves as the titular badass assassin is one of the franchise jewels at Lionsgate as they’re reportedly set to begin shooting “John Wick: Chapter 4” this summer with talk that “John Wick: Chapter 5,” also in the works, that could end up becoming the final film with Reeves.

READ MORE: ‘John Wick 5’ Is A Go & Will Likely Shoot Back To Back With Fourth Edition

And the franchise keeps expanding.

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We may be pretty far away from a new “John Wick” film, but that doesn’t mean that work isn’t continuing to be done on the franchise’s first spin-off, a TV series titled “The Continental.” And in a new interview with Fandom, ‘Wick’ filmmaker Chad Stahelski not only teased that Keanu Reeves’ beloved character may make an appearance on the series, but he also explained how the series will be a very different beast than the action films that inspired it.

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It’s been almost three years that we’ve known that there was a “John Wick” TV spinoff in the works, titled “The Continental.” But in the years since its announcement, there hasn’t been a whole lot of information released about when we might see the action series make its debut on the small screen. Well, according to the Starz network boss (via Deadline), there’s a good reason why — the series is still quite a ways off.

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Stuntman-turned-stunt coordinator-turned-stunt-choreographer-turned-director Chad Stahelski‘s latest installment of the “John Wick” series is another resounding critical and financial success. “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” has become so popular, that Lionsgate has already announced a May 21, 2021 release date for “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Stahelski and his ‘John Wick’ star, Keanu Reeves, are a dynamite creative duo, working together decades, beginning during Stahelski’s days as Reeves’ stunt double.

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Our Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2018 feature is cool and all, but suddenly, the only series I care about is “The Continental.” We’ve know for a while now that a “John Wick” TV show was in the works, but everything is now moving forward at Starz, and we couldn’t be more excited.

At the Television Critics Association‘s winter press tour, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht was pretty pumped about what the show will be bringing to the table. 

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We live in an era of branded blockbuster filmmaking, however, franchises blooming from original ideas are rare, and it’s not a big surprise that Lionsgate wants to milk “John Wick” for what it’s worth. Thankfully, the quality has remained consistent across two films, and we’re optimistic the last entry in the trilogy will maintain that high bar. But the studio has bigger plans beyond the feature films, with a TV series in development.

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