Chad Stahelski acquires rights to Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger novels with plans to develop them as a TV series. Deadline reports that John Wick director Chad Stahelski has snagged the rights to Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger novels with plans to develop it as a TV series through his 87Eleven Entertainment production company. The Joe Ledger … Read more
Chad Stahelski is upping his working relationship with Lionsgate by signing a multi-year first-look deal focusing on action films. Lionsgate and John Wick aficionado Chad Stahelski are taking their working relationship to the next level after the stuntman-turned-premiere filmmaker inked a multi-year producing deal with the studio focusing on action films. Per today’s official press release, the … Read more
There’s been years of rumors and talk about a new Highlander movie, potentially directed by John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski and starring Henry Cavill, but no actual film to show for it. But perhaps today’s news makes a new Highlander much more likely: Stahelski has reportedly been given a bigger role at Lionsgate, where he will now have “creative oversight” … Read more
Now that the WGA strike has ended, the script for John Wick 5 can be finished…but will Keanu Reeves return? Fans of the John Wick series didn’t have to wait long after Chapter 4 before they got even more content from the franchise, as Peacock debuted miniseries The Continental this September. But is three episodes … Read more
Bruce Lee had such an impact on Chad Stahelski that he says some of John Wick’s traits come directly from the martial artist. As Bruce Lee once famously said, “Be water”, meaning in part that people should be able to adapt to any situation. And while John Wick director has updated the action movie game, … Read more
John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski says that he’s been working on a director’s cut of the sequel. John Wick: Chapter 4 may have been the longest installment of the action franchise, but an even longer director’s cut could be on the way. While speaking with ComicBookMovie.com, John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski … Read more
Is there some sort of a one-upmanship with oner sequences between you and your stuntman-turned-directors peers? We’re fairly insular when we go into creative mode, we just want to do what’s good for us. There’s not a competition. Afterwards, we’ll probably all talk shit, probably. [laughs] In a fun way, we’re all pretty close. But … Read more