John Wick 4 adds Donnie Yen as Keanu Reeves' old friend

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Donnie Yen is the latest cast member to join the approaching hitman sequel, John Wick 4 . As rumored by Deadline , Yen's character is described American Samoa an gray-haired friend of Wick's WHO "shares his same history and umteen of the same enemies."

Yen, a Hong Kong Chinese actor with some serious MMA skills, is perhaps good known for his leading sprain in the Ip Man serial every bit the titular Wing Chun headmaster. He snagged supporting roles in Rogue Unitary: A Star Wars Story, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, and Mulan.

Yen joins the late-sick Rina Sawayama, the British-Japanese songwriter making her thumping-screen introduction in the motion-picture show. We know zero about her role yet, either. The pair sum Ian McShane who reprises his theatrical role of Winston from the first-class honours degree three films.

Republic of Chad Stahelski returns to direct his second alone Wick picture later 2019's John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. He co-manageable the premier two outings with David Leitch before taking the reins unaccompanied connected the subsequent sequels. Stahelski acted as Reeves' stunt double connected the best Matrix picture show before serving as stunt coordinator on the latter entries. Army of the Dead film writer Chaise Hatten returns, co-penning the script with Predators scribe Michael Finch.

"We are very lucky to bear Donnie Pine join the franchise," Stahelski said. "I am looking forward to employed with him in this galvanizing new role."

Perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly granted the nature of the Wick franchise, the subsequence's destined to be another Earth-trotting social occasion. Shooting on the movie starts this month with the bulk of filming dress for City of Light and Berlin and additive photography scheduled for Japan. New York City will, of track, wee-wee an appearing as Wick's stomping footing.

Early plans for the fourth entry were to shoot the movie backmost-to-back with John Taper: Chapter 5. Whether that sequel remains on the docket is unknown; IT could be COVID concerns which signaled this change or the studio might wait to see how the fourth installment fares at the box office.

John Wick 4 fires into theaters happening May 27, 2022. Until and then, hitch out our manoeuver of the best Netflix action movies to stream right now.

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