John Wick director Chad Stahelski revealed his secret to building a cinematic universe.
John Wickdirector Chad Stahelski revealed why he did not get too involved in the upcoming spin-off filmBallerina.
You have ‘The Continental’coming later this year.
You have the Ana De Armes ‘Ballerina’film.
On that, how do those sorts of projects differentiate themselves from the mainline, ‘John Wick’movies?"
Stahelski: “Yeah, I think that’s a good question.
Hopefully, we’ll see.
Hopefully well have an answer to your question.
Look, I take a stab at give as much help as I can in the beginning.
And then honestly, like like Len Wiseman who’s directing, or who is currently posting ‘Ballerina.’
I actually worked for Len when he was directing’Die Hard 4’and I was just a stuntman.
So I’ve known Len for a while.
Great guy, big fan of his.”
He had a lot of reverence for what lenses, what stuff.
Go with God, do your own thing.
I don’t wanna know, blah, blah.
Like, go do your thing."
I think overseeing and helping guide in the mythos that we’ve created is great.
But the individuality of the filmmakers and the storytellers we bring need to insert themselves into it.
If there’s something you like about ‘John Wick 4,’ that’s me.
If there’s something you don’t like about it, that’s me too."
It’s just opening yourself up to the audience and going, This is what I love.
Hopefully, I’ll geek out just like you guys do and we’re all on the same page.
So to make it continue the franchise, Len needs to insert himself into ‘Ballerina.’
The people that are working, they need to do that.
If there’s no love for the genre and the genre-mashing that we’re doing.
I don’t know how you could expand it.
It’s just more and bigger, right?
And that’s not the point."
You could come up with a character, knowing the world you’re invested in.
But you know what’s gonna make that character special is it’s coming from you.
You got your favorite."
That’s what’s gonna make it good.
Not just mine, but you got to make it yours, and then we’re good.
It’s not following some lore or IP that’s been around for 80 years."
So it makes sense why the director would have such a laissez-faire attitude toward building out theJohn Wickuniverse.
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