54-year-old thirst trap and most excellent Wyld Stallyns frontman Keanu Reeves isn't done kicking people's asses. After starring in the blockbuster Matrix trilogy, he has another hit action franchise to his name with John Wick. The third film in the series scored a near-perfect critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes and toppled "Avengers: Endgame" at the box office with a$56 million opening weekend. Whoa!

Fans are clamoring for a sequel and director Chad Stahelski teased the possibility during a Reddit AMA: "1 was difficult because we didn’t understand what we wanted to do, quite," he wrote. "Number 2, we had to map up a whole world we didn’t think of before. 3, how do we expand and get the audience something creative, not just bigger and cooler. Number 4, I’m certain, will be more difficult."

Well, good news, Baba Yaga fans! It was announced Monday through the John Wick 3 viral text messaging service that Chapter 4 will be released in movie theaters on May 21, 2021. I know, it seems so far away, but at least you have the trilogy, a video game and a possible TV series spinoff!

"They have a writers' room working on it right now, trying to develop the first season," Stahelski told Entertainment Weekly. "Keanu and I have sat with that creative element and laid out what we feel makes John Wick special, and what would make the TV show unique. Now, it will be a round of back-and-forths. But, yeah, Lionsgate is in the actual full development of it and it's called The Continental. It should be fun."

Watch the trailer for the John Wick Hex video game

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As for Reeves, he told Rolling Stone that he's down to keep John Wick-ing, despite the physical challenges, given his age. "[I'll go] As far as my legs can take me… As far as the audience wants to go," he told GQ. "[John Wick's] got this beautiful, tragic conundrum—these two selves… John wants to be free. But the only way he knows how is through John Wick. And John Wick keeps fuc*ing killing people and breaking rules. We're really watching a person fight for their life and their soul."

Hey, Sylvester Stallone made action movies throughout his 60's and 70's, and is still going, with Rambo V: Last Blood hitting theaters in November! I say, bring on John Wick Chapters 4-14!

Avengers: Endgame may have been the culmination of the MCU and, for many betting people, a safe money spinner as this year's biggest and unbeatable box office hit, but now a new movie is on every cinema buff's minds.

As reported by Deadline, Keanu Reeves' John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum is currently in the midst of its opening weekend, and with a predicted box office of $56.9 million, it has finally knocked Avengers: Endgame off the top spot.

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The forecasted takings for the movie were between $30 million and $35 million, Variety reports.

If you haven't seen it yet, this is the trailer for John Wick: Chapter Three: 

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This is the largest amount a movie has made for Lionsgate since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, which made $102.6 million in November 2015.

However, Endgame is still raking it in at the box office.

Deadline reports that Avengers: Endgame on track to beat Avatar's lifetime domestic of $760.5 million, making it the second highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office pulling in $769 million.

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Fans who have seen John Wick: Chapter Three, which was released yesterday, have already described it as their favorite in the series:

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The movie has also performed extremely well critically too, with an average critical score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 157 reviews.

Reeves confesses he had a crush on Speed co-star Sandra Bullock:

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This is what the critics had to say about the movie on Rotten Tomatoes:

"John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum reloads for another hard-hitting round of the brilliantly choreographed, over-the-top action that fans of the franchise demand."

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Clearly, this movie's success - and Endgame's - is a testament to the fact that with a good enough storyline, franchises can outperform single movie storylines at the box office.

The John Wick series was a big surprise in a lot of ways. What could have been just another revenge movie turned out to have both incredible action comedy and a unique personality. John Wick 2 doubled down on this strange world of assassins, and it looks like John Wick Chapter 3 is giving us even more of it.

Watch the trailer for John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum

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Keanu Reeves has previously been open about the possibility of another John Wick movie after this one rounds out the trilogy, but nothing has ever been set in stone. Though there has been no official announcement of the sequel to this week's big release, John Wick director Chad Stahelski has hinted that there may be one in the works.

Before the release of Parabellum on Friday, the director took part in a Reddit AMA. As well as claiming he'd "discussed several projects with" Jackie Chan, he also touched on the possibility of a sequel - as long as this one makes enough money at the box office. Then he let something slip, when he was asked which of the John Wick films were the most difficult to make.

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"1 was difficult because we didn’t understand what we wanted to do, quite," the director wrote. "Number 2, we had to map up a whole world we didn’t think of before. 3, how do we expand and get the audience something creative, not just bigger and cooler. Number 4, I’m certain, will be more difficult.”

Stahelski has spoken about the possibility of a fourth John Wick movie before, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly from 2018, in which he said:

"I enjoy making these movies because there’s no limit. We create our own mythology, and we have a studio that both stays out of our way and supports us on the wacky decisions. If people go see the movie, and it makes money, and they came back to us, Keanu and I have ideas for days."

First up, Reeves is going to be starring in another sequel, after he confirmed they're working on a third instalment of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

The actor recently talked about Bill & Ted in an interview with Stephen Colbert

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Stahelski got into the directing game in the first place because of years of work in action movies, even working as the stunt double for Reeves in The Matrix films. In fact, he recently spoke about another rumoured sequel last week, when he confirmed that the Wachowskis were returning to The Matrix movies for a fourth entry.

It has been reported that Keanu Reeves only says 380 words in John Wick 4, which lasts almost three hours, may I add.

The movie, which is the fourth installment in the action franchise, sees Reeves reprise his role as a badass assassin as he battles to free himself from the clutches of a powerful crime organization.

Directed by Chad Stahelski, Insider described the latest movie as "the most ambitious chapter of the franchise, with some of the biggest stunts and fight sequences of Reeves' career."

However, as the stunts get more complicated, it seems as though the actor's dialogue has reduced incredibly.

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After analyzing John Wick 4, The Wall Street Journal reported that "about 10 percent of [Wick’s lines] are featured in the movie’s trailer, which makes the hero seem almost chatty," though the rest of the 169-minute movie sees him reduce his language to minimal responses such as "yeah."

Of the 103 lines he has, 27% of them are a single word, as per Morning Brew.

Classic.

They also added that Wick says more in that trailer than he does in the first 25 minutes of the entire film, with the longest line being: "You and I left a good life behind a long time ago, my friend," when talking to hotel manager Shimazu Koji.

Stahelski admitted that Reeves "stripped out roughly half the dialogue written for his character in the initial script."

Keanu Reeves stripped out a lot of the original dialogue. Credit: See Li/Picture Capital / Alamy

Upon hearing of the statistics, fans took to social media to commend Reeves for getting through the entire project as he has done.

One user tweeted: "I guess he threw in the months of fight training and stunt work for free!"

"I think he was also being paid for the nonverbal parts," added another.

A third added: "And I'm out here saying all these words for free??? SMH."

And this user pointed out that even a pause by Reeves can pack a punch.

As per its official IMDb description, the movie sees "John Wick uncover a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes."

John Wick 4 is now screening in major movie theatres.

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Immortal 54-year-old thirst trap Keanu Reeves stars in the highly anticipated action film, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, which hits theaters on May 19. In case you're curious, 'Parabellum' is Latin for "prepare for war." It's commonly used in the phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum," which means "If you want peace, prepare for war." And don't even think about using 'parabellum' for the name rock band; it's already used by rock bands in Colombia, France and Japan. Find something else!

For those who can't get enough John Wick, good news! On Wednesday, Good Shepherd Entertainment announced the upcoming video game John Wick Hex, which is in development for consoles, Windows PC and Mac via the Epic Games Store. Designer Mike Bithell, best known for his work on the critically acclaimed Thomas Was Alone, designed the game. There's no release date yet, but the trailer looks pretty exciting.

Watch the announcement trailer for John Wick Hex

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"Created in close cooperation with the creative and stunt teams behind the films, John Wick Hex is fight-choreographed chess brought to life as a video game, capturing the series’ signature gun fu style while expanding its story universe," the company explained in a press release."

"Players must choose every action and attack they make, while considering their immediate cost and consequences," they continued. "Every move in John Wick Hex feels like a scene from the movies, and every fight contributes to your progress on the job and requires precise strategic thinking."

This isn't the first time the character has appeared in a video game. John Wick downloadable content was released in 2016 for the cooperative first person shooter Payday 2. The following year, John Wick Chronicles, a first-person virtual reality game featuring a standalone narrative, was released for Steam VR.

Watch the trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

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