Deadline is reporting that Liongate has officially announced that the John Wick sequel is happening. Keanu Reeves will be returning as John Wick, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch will be directing, Derek Kolstad will be writing the script and Basil Iwanyk from Thunder Road will produce. Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions at Liongate said:
“With such tremendous fan and critical support for John Wick, we knew that there was still so much more of this story to tell. We are thrilled that Keanu, David and Chad have reteamed with us and promise to bring audiences even more excitement the second time around.”
Liongate International will be selling the film to international distributors at the Cannes Film Market, May 13-22, 2015.
Note: Liongate specified sequel.