Potential John Wick universe spinoff movie announced: Ballerina (female lead).

I’ll allow it.

Lionsgate has won a bidding war to pick up a female-centric spec action script titled Ballerina that will serve as a platform for a possible John Wick spinoff.

Basil Iwanyk, whose Thunder Road banner is behind the hit Wick action franchise starring Keanu Reeves, will produce Ballerina.

(H/T: MovieWeb) Basically, assassin on quest to assassinate other assassins who assassinated the first assassin’s family. I don’t know if the assassin’s family were themselves assassins, but a man can hope.  Besides, really, this is about the gun-fu to be found in a ballet of bullet-shaped death.  And the Continental Hotel.  They gotta have some of that.

Moe Lane

PS: I am a man of uncomplicated tastes, yes.

11 thoughts on “Potential John Wick universe spinoff movie announced: Ballerina (female lead).”

  2. I don’t know that John Wick needed a sequel, so I’m pretty sure that it doesn’t need a spinoff. But that’s okay. I don’t have to watch everything that comes out.

    1. I’m pretty much sure John Wick Chapter 3 is in the works, or John Wick vs. The World.

      1. It is. And it will be set immediately after the events of Part 2, and is meant to provide a clear conclusion to John’s story.

  3. I’ve no problem with this.
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    Unlike any number of franchises that have felt the need to gender shift the main character(s), or have the main character turned into a supporting character entralled by the new Mary Sue.

    1. I’ll hold back judgement from Dr. Who until I see the storylines. If the gender change makes sense, then more power to them. If not, they may have killed a franchise, kinda like the whole Thor is a girl, or Cap is a Hydra agent Nazi or some sort.

      2. If the storyline made sense, you’d already know it. You’re asking for a rationalization.
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        Kind of like the people who played the Destiny 2 Beta, found that the relevant adjectives were slow, weak, and stupid, and then pre-ordered anyway.

      3. If the storyline made sense, you’d already know it. You’re asking for a rationalization.
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        Kind of like the people who played the Destiny 2 Beta, found that the relevant adjectives were slow, weak, and stupid, and then pre-ordered anyway.

      4. The Community episode “Conventions of Space and Time” comes to mind. Maybe this will be Dr. Who’s Minerva moment, or maybe they’ll actually make it work.
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        I’m on the fence myself. I see no reason why the Doctor can’t be a woman. But I also see no reason to mess with the basic elements of a premise that has proven to be one of the most sustainable in all science fiction.

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