John Wick: Ballerina‘s First Trailer Celebrates the Right to Bear de Armas

Lionsgate has yet released the archetypal authoritative trailer for the aptly titled John Wick spin-off film, John Wick: Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas.

Unlike the different John Wick films, Ballerina isn’t directed by Chad Stahelski. Instead, it is being directed by Len Wiseman, aka the dude down the Underworld films. Regarding communicative and continuity, Ballerina is acceptable smack dab between John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4.  It follows Rooney (de Armas) arsenic she sets retired connected a quest for vengeance against those who killed her father. The lone mode for the hard-boiled plié-ing ballerina to place her father’s slayer is to place them by their tattoo. Somewhere down the line, she waltzes into the Continental, wields a occurrence thrower, runs into Mr. Wick, and asks him however she tin go much similar him. To which helium dryly replies that it already looks similar she has.

Aside from de Armas, the movie besides stars a returning Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, and the late Lance Reddick, arsenic good arsenic Gabriel Bryne (Hereditary) arsenic the superior antagonist. Other co-stars see Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune), Catalina Sandino Moreno (From), David Castañeda (Umbrella Academy), and The Walking Dead‘s Norman Reedus.

Ballerina was initially slated to merchandise this June 7, but Lionsgate delayed the movie to tease instrumentality anticipation until it reached max capacity. In the lag time, the workplace reportedly added much acceptable pieces to the action flick’s thrill ride. This is saying something, considering those successful attendance astatine CinemaCon 2024, similar our ain Germain Lussier, already felt similar the caller footage presented for the movie was already “worth the wait.”

Ballerina volition merchandise successful theaters connected June 6, 2025.

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