Yahoo News John Wick gets cinematic universe with female-led movie
Is it just us or is every movie getting the shared universe treatment?
We haven't hit rock bottom just yet (that'll be when we get a Paul Blart: Maul Cop cinematic franchise) but every time a perfectly solid film that comfortably exists as its own thing has a bunch of spin-offs announced, we roll our eyes a bit.
The latest in the franchise factory line is John Wick, a soon-to-be trilogy of very good action films starring Keanu Reeves.
Now The Hollywood Reporter states that Lionsgate has picked up the script for a female-led action film called Ballerina that it wants to serve as part of the John Wick universe.
The script has been written by 23-year old Shay Hatten, a rising star who has been taken under Robert Downey Jr's wing (imagine Peter Parker's 'Stark internship' from Spider-Man: Homecoming, but in real life and with less web-swinging).
Ballerina is said to be a hyper-stylised assassin movie in the vein of Luc Beeson's early project La Femme Nikita, and will focus on a young woman seeking revenge on those who killed her family.
In addition to this spin-off and the third John Wick film, there is also a prequel TV series in the works because of course there is.
Titled The Continental, Keanu Reeves' character isn't said to be the focus, but he might make an appearance.
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