John Wick 3: Parabellum

John Wick 3: Parabellum is an upcoming American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad, Chris Collins & Marc Abrams, and Shay Hatten^[1]. It is the third installment in the John Wick film series following John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Hiroyuki Sanada, Common, Lance Reddick, Mark Dacascos, Boban Marjanovic and Laurence Fishburne. It is scheduled to be released on May 17, 2019 by Lionsgate.

Premise

John Wick is still on the run following his killing of a High Table member inside The Continental, and with a $14 million global contract out on his life. Banned from any company services, John must fight and kill his way out of New York.^[2]

Cast

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a legendary hitman on the run
• Halle Berry as Sofia, an assassin
• Ian McShane as Winston, the owner and manager of the Continental Hotel in New York.
• Ruby Rose as Ares, a mute assassin and previously Santino's security enforcer in Chapter 2.
• Common as Cassian, previously Gianna's chief bodyguard in Chapter 2, whose life was spared by Wick.
• Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in New York.
• Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, an underground crime lord.
• Asia Kate Dillon as The Adjudicator, a member of the High Table
• Anjelica Huston as The Director, a member of the High Table
• Mark Dacascos as Zero, an assassin
• Jason Mantzoukas as Tick Tock Man, an assassin

Additionally, Hiroyuki Sanada has been cast in Main antagonist, and Yayan Ruhian, Cecep Arif Rahman, Tiger Hu Chen, Boban Marjanović, Vladimir and Vlado Mihailov, Danish Bhatt, and Candace M. Smith have been cast as assassins.

Production

In October 2016, Chad Stahelski, who directed the two prior films, stated that a third film in the John Wick series was in the works,^[3] and in June 2017 it was reported that Derek Kolstad, who wrote the two prior films, would return to write the screenplay.^[4] In January 2018, it was reported that Stahelski would return to direct with Hiroyuki Sanada in talks to join the cast.^[5] Later, it was revealed that Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, Laurence Fishburne, and Lance Reddick would reprise their roles from previous John Wick films.^[6] In May 2018, Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, Asia Kate Dillon, Mark Dacascos, Jason Mantzoukas, Yayan Ruhian, Cecep Arif Rahman, and Tiger Hu Chen joined the cast.^[7][8][9]

Filming began in May 2018 in New York City and Montreal, along with the additional filming locations of Russia and Spain.^[6][10]

Release

John Wick 3: Parabellum is scheduled to be released on May 17, 2019 by Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment.^[11]

References

External links

• John Wick 3: Parabellum on IMDb
• John Wick 3: Parabellum at Metacritic
• John Wick 3: Parabellum at Rotten Tomatoes
• John Wick: Chapter 3 at Box Office Mojo