The upcoming Keanu Reeves-led sequel is the longest within the franchise.
Time might be strolling out for John Wick (Keanu Reeves) nonetheless the upcoming fourth installment of the gun-fu franchise certainly is not all the time temporary on time. Collider has came upon that John Wick: Chapter 4 will clock in at 2 hours and 49 minutes with credit score, making it the longest inside the franchise. After we final spoke to the movie’s director Chad Stahelski, he promised that it is likely to be the longest within the franchise—and it seems to be as if he adopted through on that promise.
This information comes within the midst of the aptly named “Wick Week” which Lionsgate found after the Tremendous Bowl over the weekend. As a substitute of strolling a Recreation Day industrial, Wick Week will ship each week of exclusives, teasers, posters, and extra, which looks as if a fairly sincere change-off. As came upon final summer season, John Wick: Chapter 4 will see the titular John Wick tackle his most dangerous adversaries however. With the cost on his head ever-increasing, Wick takes his combat in opposition to the Excessive Desk worldwide as he seeks out the utmost efficient gamers inside the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin. The final handful of snap pictures from the movie have positively leaned into the globe-trotting nature of the fourth movie, with Wick combating in frosty locations and at iconic Parisian websites.
Within the lead-as a lot as John Wick: Chapter 4, the film’s advertising and marketing has sincerely been leaning into clock imagery. From bullet-crammed hourglasses to ominous ticking clocks, time is on our minds. In 2014, John Wick premiered at 100 and one minutes, with the sequels John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum clocking in at 122 and 131 minutes, respectively. With John Wick: Chapter 4 rounding out at 169 minutes, it seems to be like we’ll anticipate fairly a couple of high-octane motion and probably, even greater stakes.
John Wick: Chapter 4 is way from the first film to optimum with a hefty runtime. Final yr seen Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally land at 161 minutes and The Batman sweep into theaters at 176 minutes, each of which featured nice—and memorable—motion-packed set parts. There’s little doubt that Stahelski plans to up the ante with John Wick’s motion this time spherical. Particularly once you keep in mind how jaw-dropping it seems contained in the quick snippets introduced inside the trailer and teasers. That is one runtime that is nicely price every 2nd.
Who Else Will Return for John Wick: Chapter 4?
John Wick: Chapter 4 will see the return of Ian McShane as Winston and Lance Reddick as Charon, alongside freshmen Invoice Skarsgård who performs the antagonist The Marquis, Shamier Anderson as The Tracker, and Clancy Brown as The Harbinger. The fourth film will even see Caine (Donnie Yen) and Shimazu (Hiroyuki Sanada) face off in opposition to one another. Reeves will even reunite collectively along with his former Matrix co-celebrity Laurence Fishburne who returns as Bowery King. Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Natalia Tena will even seem inside the film, though their characters’ names haven’t been came upon but.
John Wick: Chapter 4 will arrive in theaters on March 24. For further on the sequel, watch our prolonged interview with director Chad Stahelski beneath.
