It’s been five months since John Wick: Chapter 4, so it’s safe to say openly at this point (although here’s a SPOILER WARNING for due diligence) that the 2023 new movie release seemingly concludes the story of Keanu Reeves’ title assassin for good. The fourth John Wick movie ends with Ian McShane’s Winston and Laurence Fishburne’s Bowery King visited the character’s grave, so one would think the John Wick film series is over now, right? Not necessarily, as John Wick: Chapter 5 remains an ongoing topic of conversation, and the latest has come in from director Chad Stahelski on the prospects of such a project.
Stahelski stopped by the Happy Sad Confused podcast to chat about his work on the John Wick movies, among other topics, with host Josh Horowitz. Like Reeves, the filmmaker has been part of John Wick since the beginning, having co-directed the first movie with David Leitch and helmed the following three installments solo. So if anyone would know if John Wick: Chapter 5 was happening, it’d be him, but here’s what Stahelski had to say about if this hypothetical movie will move forward:
