The CEO of Lionsgate has hinted that a AAA game based on the hugely popular John Wick franchise is being considered. Although John Wick has featured in a number of games before, this could be the first time Keanu Reeves's titular character comes to the gaming world in his own AAA title.

Directors Chad Stahelshi and David Letich introduced John Wick to the big screen in 2014. Taking influence from the classic lone gun slinger trope, popularized by Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns, and action beats from anime and martial arts films, the duo created a visually stunning neo-noir action thriller. John Wick's first outing was universally praised, commercially successful, and spawned two sequels, 2017's John Wick: Chapter 2 and 2019's John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. The franchises' success is set to continue with an upcoming fourth chapter, which is due to release March 2023, and a fifth installment also in development. The success of the John Wick franchise has seen the John Wick character appear as a legendary outfit in Fortnite as well as a playable heister in Payday 2 as part of a cross promotion deal with Lionsgate to promote the first John Wick film.

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During an earnings call with investors, Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate Studios, said that Lionsgate executives have been fielding proposals for the development of a big, AAA game featuring the suavely dressed John Wick. As the project seems to be in its early stages, Feltheimer kept the details scarce saying, “I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but we believe there is a big AAA game to be made out of ‘John Wick.’ We have been fielding proposals. We certainly are interested in moving that forward, but I don’t want to say anything more about that at this time.”

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Feltheimer went on to discuss the potential for more future John Wick properties and praised the John Wick filmmakers for keeping the franchise lucrative, successful, alive, and important with the first three movies grossing well over $500 million combined. Although a dedicated John Wick game already exists in Mike Bithell's independent John Wick Hex, this entry delivers a small scale strategy game, opposed to the big budget AAA official licensed title that could soon be on offer.

The high octane gun play and expertly choreographed fight scenes that John Wick has become renowned for seem like a perfect fit for a huge action game, and this is a project that fans have been eagerly waiting for. With a deep assassin lore to delve into, an AAA entry could provide a compelling narrative that would elevate John Wick above that of just another action focused shooter. Having Keanu Reeves play the role, both physically and vocally, as in Cyberpunk 2077, would also bring a huge amount of fans and popularity to the franchise.

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