Whereas Lionsgate nonetheless has two extra John Wick motion pictures on their approach, the studio is reportedly additionally contemplating a “huge AAA recreation” based mostly on the franchise.
Throughout an earnings name at present, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer talked about that the corporate has been discussing proposals for the sport, although nothing is ready in stone but.
“I don’t need to get forward of myself right here, however we consider there’s a huge AAA recreation to be made out of ‘John Wick,'” Feltheimer stated in the course of the name, in line with a report by IndieWire. “Now we have been fielding proposals. We definitely are considering transferring that ahead, however I don’t need to say something extra about that right now.”
As IndieWire identified, if Lionsgate goes via 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 recreation based mostly on the John Wick film collection. Nonetheless, the Lionsgate recreation would have a a lot bigger price range.
IGN gave John Wick Hex a 6.8 in our assessment calling it a “easy, good” technique recreation that lacked polish.
For the reason that franchise started with the discharge of John Wick in 2014, its three motion pictures have been box-office hits. We gave John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum an 8.5 in our assessment, calling it “chock stuffed with creative set-pieces and brutal kills.” John Wick: Chapter 4 can also be slated to launch in 2023 after being delayed by almost a yr.
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