Actor Keanu Reeves has been pretty
good at establishing memorable character archetypes throughout his career. In
his younger days he was one half of slacker time-travelling wannabe rock stars “Bill
& Ted.” At the turn of the millennium he was hacker-turned-cyber-messiah
figure Neo in the “Matrix” trilogy. Since 2014 he was better known as dreaded
retired hit-man “John Wick.” In three films of that gritty action franchise
from Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate, Reeves’ violent misadventures have captured
audiences’ attention, thanks to the able writing of Derek Kolstad, who created
the character. But as the studio makes plans for more movies, they are moving
forward without Kolstad, as he reveals.
In a report from IndieWire, Derek Kolstad has intimated
that he might not be writing the story of a possible fourth “John Wick” film. He
shared as much during an interview for Universal Pictures’ upcoming action
thriller “Nobody,” for which Kolstad is executive producer under director Ilya
Naishuller. Kolstad noted that it was a decision of the “john Wick” creative
team and the studio, and he had no say on it.
“No, it wasn't my decision,” Notes
Kolstad. “At a certain stage the studio will tell you, your creation is
graduated, and you wish it well. I'm still close with (franchise director) Chad
(Stahelski)…and I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm excited to see.”
Derek Kolstad was solo writer for
the original “John Wick” and its 2017 sequel “John Wick: Chapter 2.” Come “John
Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” in 2019 Kolstad was part of a writing posse with
Marc Abrams, Chris Collins and Shay Hatten. For its barebones narrative of
Belarus-born assassin Jardani Jovonovich aka John Wick just trying to stay
alive in the underground world of hit-men and killers, the franchise has not
only two direct film sequels in planning but also a spinoff movie and prequel
series.
Outside of “John Wick,” Kolstad
is also a writer and executive producer on “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,”
another superhero streaming series part of the MCU Phase 4, which premiered
March 19 on Disney+.
Image courtesy of Screen Rant
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