Donnie Yen To Direct Lionsgate’s ‘John Wick’ Spinoff About Blind Assassin Caine; Mattson Tomlin Writing – CinemaCon
deadline.comMartial arts legend Donnie Yen has been set to direct Lionsgate’s stand-alone film centered on Caine, the blind assassin he played in John Wick: Chapter 4.
As previously announced, Yen will also reprise his role as Caine in the English-language project, which is billed as a Hong Kong-style action thriller.
Production is due to begin later this year, it was announced this morning at CinemaCon. Mattson Tomlin, writer of the upcoming The Batman Part II and the adaptation of the Keanu Reeves-created comic book BRZRKR, has joined to write the film.
The previous draft of the screenplay of the new film was written by Robert Askins. The as-yet untitled film’s logline is being kept under wraps, but will continue Yen’s story arc following the events of John Wick: Chapter 4, as Caine has been freed from his obligations to the High Table.
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