Every installment in the John Wick series seems to top the last, and reportedly this time is no different. The upcoming John Wick: Chapter 4 will be the longest film in the Keanu Reeves series.

John Wick: Chapter 4 completed principal photography in 2021 with an impressive variety of locations, having filmed in Berlin, Paris, New York City, and somewhere in Japan. Reeves returns as master assassin John Wick, as does Laurence Fishburne as the underground crime boss The Bowery King.

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In an interview with Collider, director Chad Stahelski revealed that John Wick: Chapter 4 will be “longer than the other three, but not that long.” Exactly how long will the film be? Stahelski didn’t say, but the original John Wick clocked in at 101 minutes, John Wick: Chapter 2 at 122 minutes, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum at 131. That means that the upcoming sequel will be at least 2 hours and 11 minutes, but probably not much longer. Stahelski went on to say that the film is currently being edited and is nearing picture lock, meaning the video editing is almost complete. “There’s probably another few weeks of tweaking overall,” the director says, and then they’ll start adding the music and sound effects. “We love the music that we've got so far. We still have Tyler Bates doing the composition on some of the bigger sequences.”

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While each film in the series gets longer, it also gets bigger in terms of budget and box office. The first film cost a meager $20-30 million and grossed $86 million, a good return. The second film turned this up a notch, with a $40 million budget and an impressive $171 million gross. The third cost an even larger $75 million and raked in a staggering $372 million. Although there’s no word yet on John Wick: Chapter 4’s budget, distributor Lionsgate Films seems to have upped the ante once again, and is undoubtedly hoping for another big hit.

Hoping to help with that are the new faces in the cast, who show that the action in John Wick 4 is likely going to be bigger and wilder too. These stars include the Hong Kong martial arts legend Donnie Yen (Ip Man, XXX: Return of Xander Cage), Bill Skarsgård (It, Eternals), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Samurai, Mortal Kombat, Bullet Train) Scott Adkins (The Expendables 2, The Bourne Ultimatum), Clancy Brown (Thor: Ragnarok, Starship Troopers), and Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp, Invasion).

Details about the plot of the upcoming film have not been released, but a John Wick 4 teaser from last month promises more of the series’ trademark intense action, as John Wick now appears to be hunted by nearly every assassin on the planet.

John Wick: Chapter 4 is scheduled to release in theaters on March 24, 2023.

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Source: Collider