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Der ehemalige Auftragskiller John Wick lebt nach dem Tod seiner Frau zurückgezogen und trauernd in einer Luxusvilla. Der Hund, den seine Frau ihm geschenkt hat, ist das einzige, woran er noch hängt. Eines Nachts brechen drei Männer bei ihm ein. Die beiden hatten zuvor mit Hauptdarsteller Keanu Reeves als Stuntdoubles bei der Matrix-Trilogie zusammengearbeitet. Das Drehbuch stammt von Derek. Besetzung und Stab von John Wick. Regisseur: David Leitch, Chad Stahelski. Besetzung: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki. Besetzung und Stab von John Wick: Kapitel 2, Regisseur: Chad Stahelski. Besetzung: Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio. John Wick: Kapitel 3 Schauspieler, Cast & Crew. Liste der Besetung: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane u.v.m. John Wick Schauspieler, Cast & Crew. Liste der Besetung: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafoe u.v.m. John Wick 4: Starttermin, Inhalt, Darsteller! Juni Er kam, er sah, er zerstörte. Mit einem Einspiel von über 56 Millionen US-Dollar.

"John Wick"-Schauspieler: Stuntman über Keanu Reeves: "Alle guten Dinge, die Ihr über ihn gehört habt, sind zu Prozent wahr". jgs. Für seinen kurzen Bob und den unverkennbaren Bart ist Hollywood-​Schauspieler Keanu Reeves der Mehrheit eigentlich bekannt. Dass er. John Wick 4: Starttermin, Inhalt, Darsteller! Juni Er kam, er sah, er zerstörte. Mit einem Einspiel von über 56 Millionen US-Dollar.

It marks Stahelski and Leitch's directorial debut as a team after multiple separate credits as second-unit directors and stunt coordinators.

They previously worked with Reeves as stunt doubles on The Matrix trilogy. Stahelski and Leitch's approach to fight scenes drew upon their admiration for anime [9] and martial arts films.

The film was met with positive reviews, with critics labeling it as one of Reeves' best performances and one of the best action films of Two sequels, John Wick: Chapter 2 , and John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum , were released in February and May respectively, both to comparable critical and commercial success, with another sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4 , set for a May release and an untitled fifth film following that.

After John Wick loses his wife Helen to a terminal illness, he receives a beagle puppy named Daisy from her to help him cope with his grief.

Despite John's stoic demeanor, he bonds with the puppy and they spend their day driving around in his vintage Ford Mustang Mach 1.

At a gas station, he encounters a trio of Russian gangsters whose leader Iosef insists on buying his car, but John refuses to sell it.

Frustrated, the mobsters later break into John's home, knock him unconscious, steal his car, and kill Daisy. Iosef takes the Mustang to a chop shop to have the VIN changed.

Aurelio, the shop's owner, recognizes the car and, upon learning that Iosef stole it from John, punches Iosef before throwing him out of his shop.

Viggo, notified by Aurelio of Iosef's activities, beats and berates Iosef before explaining to him who John Wick is: a famed assassin formerly in Viggo's employ, nicknamed " Baba Yaga " for being "the one [a person would have] sent to kill the John succeeded, and his efforts were key in establishing the Tarasov syndicate.

Viggo warns Iosef of the latter's impending doom, then tries to talk John out of seeking retribution.

When John refuses to even talk hanging up in the process , Viggo sends a group of twelve hitmen to John's house, but John kills them all and pays for the bodies and all evidence of the attack to be professionally removed.

John seeks refuge at the Continental Hotel, which caters exclusively to the criminal underworld and permits no assassinations on its premises.

Viggo doubles the bounty for those willing to break the rules to kill John at the Continental. John retreats to the Continental to have his injuries treated.

Perkins, an assassin and former acquaintance, sneaks into John's room to kill him, but Marcus alerts John, allowing him to subdue Perkins.

John forces Perkins to reveal the location of Viggo's front , knocks her unconscious, and leaves her with Harry, a fellow assassin, to await punishment.

However, Perkins frees herself and kills Harry. John travels to the Little Russia church which serves as Viggo's front and destroys Viggo's cache of money and blackmail material.

When Viggo and his team arrive, John ambushes them, but he is subdued and captured. Viggo taunts John for thinking that he could leave his old life behind.

Marcus intervenes again, allowing John to free himself and to kill Kirill before accosting Viggo, who implied to be tired of his son's behavior reveals Iosef's location.

John then travels to the safe house , killing Iosef and his bodyguards. Perkins learns that John and Marcus have been in contact and tells Viggo, who has Marcus beaten and tortured before executing him in his home.

Viggo calls John to report this, planning to have Perkins ambush him. While waiting for John, Perkins is summoned to a meeting with Winston, who orders her executed for killing Harry on Continental grounds.

Winston calls John to inform him that Viggo is planning to escape by helicopter. John races to the harbor helipad, where he kills Viggo's remaining henchmen before engaging Viggo in a man to man battle on the dock at Viggo's request.

Viggo subsequently pulls out a knife, and John allows himself to be stabbed, surprising Viggo, but is then able to have control of the knife. John then disarms Viggo and fatally wounds him.

John breaks into a waterfront animal clinic to treat his wounds and releases a pit bull puppy scheduled to be euthanized.

John and the dog walk home along the boardwalk, where he had his last date with Helen. The premise for John Wick was conceived by screenwriter Derek Kolstad who began work on a treatment about a retired contract killer coming out to seek vengeance, entitled Scorn.

On 3 December , it was announced that Thunder Road Pictures had bought the script with discretionary funds , with Kolstad agreeing due to Thunder Road's plan to make the film straight away.

After Thunder Road had optioned the script, Kolstad spent additional months rewriting the script with them.

In the original script, the character of John Wick was written with "a man in his mid-sixties" to play the role, given the title character's fabled reputation as a revered and respected assassin, thus the filmmakers had initially imagined an older actor.

On 7 May , it was announced that Keanu Reeves began negotiations to star in the piece in April, and was later confirmed as the film's male lead, after Iwanyk and Peter Lawson of Thunder Road showed him the script, [17] to which he thought to be full of potential and further stated, "I love the role, but you want the whole story, the whole ensemble to come to life.

During story discussions for John Wick, Reeves contacted Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, who he originally met on the set of The Matrix , [63] regarding the possibility as to whether they were interested in choreographing or directing the action of the piece.

I immediately thought of Chad and Dave for the action design, but I was secretly hoping they'd want to direct it. And I thought the worlds that get created — the real world and then this underworld — would be attractive to them, and it was.

Impressed with Reeves' enthusiasm and the quality of the script, Stahelski and Leitch told him that they wished to direct the film and later presented him with their version of the story which was based on "[ Stahelski acknowledged the challenges in balancing the action with that of both the pace and tone, to which had stated, [45] "we're good at doing that for a particular scene when doing action, but here, we had to take a through-line for the entire film.

If it all fits and weaves together and helps you love the character, that's what we want to do. Demand more out of your action, as an audience. On 12 September , Willem Dafoe was confirmed to have been cast in the role of Marcus "[ He was the one who encouraged Wick to leave the life after his wife dies.

On August 26, , Lionsgate announced that they were looking for "a high-end glass house with a water view" that was located in Nassau County , additionally with a scene or two being shot in Long Island.

Francis Xavier Church on 6th Avenue. On November 1, , filming took place in lower Manhattan where Delmonico's , at 2 South William Street, was used for the exterior of The Continental hotel.

On December 2, , a three-week Upper East Side. Principal photography was confirmed to have ended on December 20, , [] with post-production beginning on January 10, The film was shot on an Arri Alexa XT digital camera, with a distributed aspect ratio of 2.

For cost reasons we were shooting with just the one camera format, so I used different lenses and contrasting camerawork to create these two distinct looks.

The initial plan was to use the anamorphic and spherical lenses in the first and second parts, respectively, to create the visual contract; however, he decided against such a course of action, as he stated, "once we were shooting we felt that the camerawork was enough to separate those two worlds and we ended up using the anamorphics mainly for day work and the sphericals for night work.

Costume designer Luca Mosca explained that Wick had to possess a piece of attire that had to be worn throughout almost the entire production of the film, to which he then added, "Then we had to tailor it perfectly and make it sleek and timeless enough to fit into this perfect world.

Production designer Dan Leigh said, "I approached the story as more of a fable, which ties into the graphic-novel idea.

The visual manifestation of that is something that transcends reality. The light is a little bit different. There's texture in the air.

There are unexpected objects everywhere. We would rotate CF cards throughout the course of the day. Jake Braver was the overall visual-effects supervisor and visual-effects company Spin VFX worked on most of the visual effects.

Richard, with on-screen violin music performed by Scott Tixier. Le Castle Vania provided additional music for the score.

We just give you some gold coins, and then it's, "Where do the gold coins come from? Have your imagination do some work there. We watched it on a loop in our office and there are a couple homages to that [in John Wick].

For screenwriter Derek Kolstad, both Alistair MacLean and Stephen King were huge influences in the creation of the story of John Wick in terms of characterisation and world-building, stating, with himself stating, "MacLean could build a world, and King could surprise you by what the main character truly was capable of.

We like the spaghetti western sensibility there, some of the composition. I think we wanted to make this hard-boiled character. The official website for John Wick debuted on August 15, introducing a marketing campaign and interactive layout to promote the film.

As part of a cross-promotional deal with Overkill Software , Lionsgate and Thunder Road Pictures, on October 21, , John Wick was added as a playable character in the online game Payday 2.

Other elements from the film were included, such as Wick's signature weapons and skill tree that allowed for dual-wielding of certain firearms.

Being able to play as John Wick in Payday 2 ahead of the movie's release is a great reward for our loyal Payday 2 community. Prior to John Wick' s public release, an advance screening of the film was shown on October 9, at Regal Oakwood in Hollywood, Florida.

Additionally, Lionsgate had announced 40 additional advanced screenings at selected theatres in the United States October 21 and 22, as part of a national promotional campaign.

John Wick began a wide theatrical release in the United States on October 24, , [] expanding in successive weeks to France , Australia , and Netherlands , [] [] and premiered in the United Kingdom on February 2, after expanding throughout Europe.

Pictures would be distributing the film in the UK along with the second film. The film had a wide release in the United States and Canada in selected theatres on October John Wick earned a positive reception upon release, attaining praise for the action sequences, direction, visual style, pacing and the performances of the cast, especially Keanu Reeves as John Wick.

Its critical consensus reads, "Stylish, thrilling, and giddily kinetic, John Wick serves as a satisfying return to action for Keanu Reeves — and what looks like it could be the first of a franchise.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone stated, " John Wick is the kind of fired-up, ferocious B-movie fun some of us can't get enough of" and noted the "juicy performances" from Dafoe, Leguizamo, and McShane.

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "After a marked absence from the genre, Reeves resoundingly returns with an effortless, kinetic style that positions the film extremely well for any potential follow-ups.

Jeannette Catsoulis wrote, in her review for The New York Times , "Harboring few ambitions beyond knock-your-socks-off action sequences, this crafty revenge thriller delivers with so much style — and even some wit — that the lack of substance takes longer than it should to become problematic.

Peter Bradshaw , also reviewing for The Guardian , gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated "Reeves's semi-deliberate zonked deadpan style only really works in juxtaposition with funny dialogue — and this is a pretty humourless and violent film, which grinds on and on with more and more gleaming black SUVs getting trashed.

Development was to be headed by Grab Games, with Starbreeze set to publish. WEVR was to develop an introductory experience for the game. The game was released on February 9, , with the name John Wick Chronicles.

John Wick Hex is a tactical third person mobile game set in the John Wick universe, just before the trilogy's events. A sequel was released on February 10, , [] and at the CinemaCon , Reeves hinted that more sequels had been planned.

A fifth film is intended to follow, being filmed simultaneously with the fourth film. In , a prequel series titled The Continental was in active development.

The series will focus on the hotel chain that acts as a neutral ground for assassins, as opposed to the character John Wick.

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Release date. Running time. Making a good one is much harder. It was a huge learning experience and I'm very proud of it. We stretched out schedule to the absolute limits.

We fought for what we believed in, and chose to make a story-driven, character-driven action movie. That's why I chose to do it.

This was an opportunity to do something that wasn't just about cars, explosions, fire and fights. Yes, John fights; yes, he shoots guns; and he drives a car very fast, but the focus was always trying to do something cinematically different.

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After exacting his vengeance on the Tarasovs, John retrieves his prized car from Abram Tarasov and forms a truce with him allowing him to live.

John hopes to return to retirement but this is interrupted by Santino D'Antonio, who asks for him to complete his blood oath and assassinate his sister, Gianna, allowing Santino to have a seat at The High Table.

Wick reluctantly travels to Rome to fulfill the task, only to realize that he will be Santino's next target for eliminating a member of The High Table.

Santino sends his bodyguard Ares and Gianna's former bodyguard Cassian after Wick but both ultimately fail. John eventually finds Santino in the safe grounds of The Continental.

Despite this, John still assassinates Santino, leaving John to be declared "excommunicado" for conducting business on Continental Grounds.

Winston allows John one hour to escape before the contract is doubled and his status is rescinded from all services. Excommunicated, exhausted, and injured, John spends his one-hour head start preparing to flee from New York, as assassins gather and hear word of the bounty on John for killing a member of the High Table.

John escapes to Morocco, meets with former ally Sofia, and summons a favor to be brought to the Elder, a man outranking the High Table, who can cancel the kill order.

John travels throughout the desert to the point of collapse in order for The Elder to find him. The Elder agrees to grant him forgiveness from the bounty in return for killing Winston and serving the High Table for the remainder of his life; John severs half of his ring finger and offers his wedding ring to The Elder to prove his commitment.

John returns to New York and is pursued by assassins until he reaches the safe haven of the Continental. John reunites with Winston but decides not to kill him.

Instead John and the hotel's concierge Charon fight against the High Table and their enforcers. Successfully defeating waves of attackers, Winston and High Table representative The Adjudicator parley on the hotel roof.

Ultimately, Winston shoots John to restore his standing with the High Table and John tumbles from the roof into the street. The Bowery King, recovering from grave wounds inflicted by The Adjudicator's assassin, collects the badly injured John and brings him to his hideout, where he tells John he plans to fight against the High Table.

He asks John if he is also "pissed off. Since the franchise's inception, the character of John Wick and his development in subsequent sequels have been seen as a reinvigoration of Keanu Reeves's career.

The films have a cult following and Reeves's portrayal of the character has been praised. John Wick appeared as a crossover skin in the battle royale game Fortnite.

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The exact nature of this task is unknown but it has been consistently described as "impossible" by various characters throughout the series implying John wasn't expected to survive the task.

In order to accomplish the task John required assistance from Camorra member Santino D'Antonio and subsequently ended up owing a blood debt to him.

Viggo offers little elaboration on the mysterious task but said "the bodies he buried" laid the foundations for what his criminal organization became, implying Wick eliminated all his major rivals for him, enabling Tarasov to become one of New York's most powerful crime bosses.

After completing his "impossible task" John Wick retired as an assassin and settled down with his wife Helen, his reputation and status now legendary.

Following his wife's terminal illness, John prefers to remain isolated from society. He spends his days driving his prized car — a Ford Mustang Mach 1 — and caring for his new dog, Daisy, the last gift from his dearly departed wife.

This changes when Iosef Tarasov assaults John, steals his car and kills Daisy. This sets John on a rampage of slaughter and vengeance.

Attempting to protect his son from John's rampage, Viggo sends assassins to stop John, but all are killed. Eventually John takes his revenge, killing both Iosef and Viggo.

After he does this, John rescues a pitbull puppy scheduled to be euthanized from an animal shelter. After exacting his vengeance on the Tarasovs, John retrieves his prized car from Abram Tarasov and forms a truce with him allowing him to live.

John hopes to return to retirement but this is interrupted by Santino D'Antonio, who asks for him to complete his blood oath and assassinate his sister, Gianna, allowing Santino to have a seat at The High Table.

Wick reluctantly travels to Rome to fulfill the task, only to realize that he will be Santino's next target for eliminating a member of The High Table.

Santino sends his bodyguard Ares and Gianna's former bodyguard Cassian after Wick but both ultimately fail.

John eventually finds Santino in the safe grounds of The Continental. Despite this, John still assassinates Santino, leaving John to be declared "excommunicado" for conducting business on Continental Grounds.

Winston allows John one hour to escape before the contract is doubled and his status is rescinded from all services.

Excommunicated, exhausted, and injured, John spends his one-hour head start preparing to flee from New York, as assassins gather and hear word of the bounty on John for killing a member of the High Table.

John escapes to Morocco, meets with former ally Sofia, and summons a favor to be brought to the Elder, a man outranking the High Table, who can cancel the kill order.

John travels throughout the desert to the point of collapse in order for The Elder to find him. The Elder agrees to grant him forgiveness from the bounty in return for killing Winston and serving the High Table for the remainder of his life; John severs half of his ring finger and offers his wedding ring to The Elder to prove his commitment.

John returns to New York and is pursued by assassins until he reaches the safe haven of the Continental. John reunites with Winston but decides not to kill him.

Instead John and the hotel's concierge Charon fight against the High Table and their enforcers. Successfully defeating waves of attackers, Winston and High Table representative The Adjudicator parley on the hotel roof.

Ultimately, Winston shoots John to restore his standing with the High Table and John tumbles from the roof into the street. The Bowery King, recovering from grave wounds inflicted by The Adjudicator's assassin, collects the badly injured John and brings him to his hideout, where he tells John he plans to fight against the High Table.

He asks John if he is also "pissed off. Since the franchise's inception, the character of John Wick and his development in subsequent sequels have been seen as a reinvigoration of Keanu Reeves's career.