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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s John Wick spinoff, nan untitled Caine project which will spot Donnie Yen directing and reprising his domiciled arsenic nan unsighted assassin, will statesman accumulation adjacent month, we understand.
The project, which was announced astatine CinemaCon past spring, will travel Caine’s communicative successful nan events station 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4; nan hitman freed from his obligations to The High Table. Mattson Tomlin wrote nan screenplay, his astir caller credits being nan upcoming Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II and nan adjustment of nan Keanu Reeves-created comic book BRZRKR. Michael McGrale besides co-penned.
John Wick fan-favorite, Rina Sawayama, who plays Akira, is besides coming backmost other Yen.
John Wick producers Thunder Road are besides backmost including Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee (John Wick: Chapters 1 through 4, Ballerina) arsenic good arsenic John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski (John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum, John Wick: Chapter 4, Ballerina), who produces done his 87Eleven Entertainment accumulation banner. Reeves and John Saunders will besides produce. Yen will besides service arsenic EP.
The Guangzhou, China native, Boston raised Yen is known for specified action movies arsenic Ip Man, Flash Point and Hero. The stunt choregraphy he brought to those movies will besides find its measurement into Caine. Among his directed credits are Legend of nan Wolf, Ballistic Kiss, Shanghai Affairs, Protégé de la Rose Noire, 2023’s Sakra and 2024’s The Prosecutor (94% captious people connected Rotten Tomatoes). Yen has crossed complete into nan home marketplace pinch world blockbusters including nan $1 billion-plus grossing Star Wars: Rogue One, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, the Disney feature Mulan, and nan aforementioned John Wick: Chapter 4, which was nan highest grossing title successful nan franchise pinch $447M-plus.
Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “It became clear aft John Wick: Chapter 4 that fans were particularly intrigued by Caine, which made his communicative nan astir earthy adjacent section of nan franchise. It’s genuinely breathtaking to beryllium embarking connected a strategical business with Donnie—he has nan imagination to bring to life this hold of the John Wick universe successful a measurement that’s authentic to his ain signature style, flair, and expertise arsenic a filmmaker.”
“What drew maine to Caine is nan contradiction. He carries love, responsibility, and sacrifice successful a world built connected consequence. That creates a very different benignant of action hero,” said Yen.
He continued, “This movie is an opportunity to push nan genre forward. My extremity is to create nan astir definitive martial arts-infused action movie ever made, 1 that honors what audiences emotion astir John Wick while bringing a caller affectional extent and ocular connection to nan story. As some head and actor, I’m excited to style this section successful a measurement that reflects everything I’ve learned complete decades successful action cinema, while building thing that feels wholly new.”
