Whereas Lionsgate nonetheless has two extra John Wick films on their means, the studio is reportedly additionally contemplating a “large AAA sport” based mostly on the franchise.
Throughout an earnings name at the moment, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer talked about that the corporate has been discussing proposals for the sport, although nothing is about in stone but.
“I don’t need to get forward of myself right here, however we consider there’s a large AAA sport to be made out of ‘John Wick,'” Feltheimer stated through the name, in response to a report by IndieWire. “We now have been fielding proposals. We actually are taken with shifting that ahead, however I don’t need to say something extra about that presently.”
As IndieWire identified, if Lionsgate goes by means of with the sport, it could mark the primary time the action-heavy franchise has been became an AAA title. Bithell Video games already created John Wick Hex, a method sport based mostly on the John Wick film sequence. Nevertheless, the Lionsgate sport would have a a lot bigger finances.
IGN gave John Wick Hex a 6.8 in our evaluation calling it a “easy, good” technique sport that lacked polish.
For the reason that franchise started with the discharge of John Wick in 2014, its three films have been box-office hits. We gave John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum an 8.5 in our evaluation, calling it “chock filled with ingenious set-pieces and brutal kills.” John Wick: Chapter 4 can be slated to launch in 2023 after being delayed by practically a yr.
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