‘John Wick’ at 10: Co-Creator Chad Stahelski on the Past, Present and Future of Keanu Reeves’ Beloved Assassin
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The 'Wick' boss talks working with Keanu Reeves to maintain quality control as the universe expands: "We didn't just work the last 10 years to see it all go to shit."

A prequel anime feature is also currently in development, and it will finally show at least some of John’s storied “impossible task” that permitted him to retire for love.

“Right now, we’re knee-deep in development on a feature anime about John Wick. It’s a prequel to the movies, which is awesome. It’s fun that it’s in a different medium.”

  • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Let’s show the mystery that we’ve left ambiguous in the movies so we can destroy the myth and make a few bucks in the process.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Eh, I can go either way on this. If the writing is great, and the story lives up to the legend, I’m interested. If it’s going to be a half-assed cash grab, then the world is better without it.

      Prequels can be good, if there’s a good story to tell:

      Rogue One
      Prey
      Better Call Saul
      XMen First Class The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

      • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Prequel works when it doesn’t explaining something left to the audience imagination in the originals when they doesn’t do that it usually doesn’t live up to expectations.

        Rogue One there’s no mystery is just a mission that the rebels finally succeed against the empire. XMen First Class you could say that the relationship of Charles and Magneto is somewhat ambiguous but in the cartoon they show a version of the early relationship and is different from the movie so anything goes in this story.

        A counter example is the Wolwerine Origins movie that the Logan past is ambiguous, no one knows how old Logan is, why he hates Sabretooth but in this movie they tell this story and is not better than the mystery. Other example is the Han Solo movie, the Kessel Run is better as a mystery of wtf is this than what they show to us.

        John Wick “IMPOSSIBLE” Mission should be impossible. If during the anime in any moment I imagine “john can easily succeed in this shit” the story already failed, worse if is less impactful than any of the four movies.