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With the adventures of Keanu Reeves’ Baba Yaga in theJohn Wickfranchise, it seems that the ex-assassin is finally coming to a resting place. Starring inJohn Wick: Chapter 4,Reeves may have found peace with John Wick’s alleged death in the fourth movie. It seems that not all movies are deemed to have a happy ending.
In the post-credit scene of the movie, Caine returns to Paris to meet his daughter while a vengeful Akira is seen showing a pocket knife. The film ends on a cliffhanger and director Chad Stahelski is the one responsible for the answers.
Keanu Reeves’ John Wick May Not Have A Happy Ending
In the fourth part of the series, Wick’s grave was seen in the movie but people still clung to the hope that the ex-assassin was alive. Giving the movie an open end, director Chad Stahelski gave a cliffhanger ending and gave it to the audience to interpret in their own ways.
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The one thing that people can be sure of, however, is that director Chad Stahelski and actorKeanu Reevesdo not believe in a happy ending. In an interview with ComicBookMovie, the director talked about the post-credit scene and how the audience was supposed to interpret the ending. And yes, for the director, good endings do not exist.
“I think if you ask Keanu and I, we’re a little bit more hardboiled than most. You’d have to talk to Keanu, but I would bet that he feels the same as me that, in this world, I’m kind of with what you said, no one gets a happy ending. Take that for what it may. But, I think, in another world, there’s another way to look at it, like, you know, don’t look at it like does Donnie Yen’s character Caine die? Does he not? Does Akira kill him?”
The director further continued that it was actually the consequences of an action that truly mattered and not the act itself.
“I think it’s what what are the ramifications? Or what are the consequences of what just happened with more Rina’s character, Akira. Did we create another assassin? Or is she going to make the choice not to? That’s the real question. Did we pass on fate? Or did we pass on a choice? And, that’s how we look at it, but again, for me personally, as an audience member, everybody died. laughs I like it a little dark like that.”
Fortunately for the audience,Chad Stahelskifurther shared some good news that he is planning to release an extended or a director’s cut ofJohn Wick: Chapter 4.This could mean further action scenes and further sad deaths.
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Chad Stahelski Reveals An Extended Cut For Keanu Reeves’John Wick
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In the interview, the director shared some good news that there was indeed an extended or a director’s cut in the works. Sharing that he was almost done with the work, Stahelski gave some information as to what the audience might expect in the extended version.
“I’ve been working on the Director’s Cut, the extended cut, which we’ve almost finished. There’s about another, I think, 10 to 15 minutes we put back in. We cut out a big chunk of Berlin, a whole character called The Frau, which is a pretty funny scene with John, and another scene between him and Tracker, a few other little action beats that we put back in. I mean, yeah, there’s always stuff we take out because it doesn’t fit the pacing. I think the stuff is all super quality, I love the choreo, I love the characters.”
With such notable action scenes and possibly sad endings along the way, the Keanu Reeves starrerJohn Wick: Chapter 4will start streaming on Lionsgate Play on June 25, 2025.
Source:ComicBookMovie
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
