#‘John Wick 5’ confirmed to film right after fourth installment

By Anthony D’Alessandro, Deadline

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Keanu Reeves as John Wick
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Keanu Reeves is back in the back-to-back sequels game with “John Wick 4” and “5” aiming to film consecutively next year.

On today’s Lionsgate earnings call, the studio’s CEO John Feltheimer said, “We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our ‘John Wick’ action franchise, with ‘John Wick 4’ slated to hit theatres Memorial Day weekend 2022.  We hope to shoot both ‘John Wick 4’ & ‘5’ back to back when Keanu becomes available early next year.”

The sequel, “John Wick 4,” is currently scheduled for May 27, Memorial Day weekend.

“John Wick” has become such a big action franchise for Lionsgate, not just in its global franchise B.O. through three movies of $584.2M, but there’s a Starz “John Wick” TV series The Continental which is looking to premiere sometime following the fourth movie.

Currently, Reeves is shooting “Matrix 4” for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow in Berlin, Germany. Reeves shot “Matrix: Reloaded” and “Matrix: Revolutions” (parts 2 and 3 of that franchise) back to back from March 2001 to August 2002.