It’s rare that a studio is able to launch a new franchise so naturally. Most of the time, studios plan out franchises from the very beginning, planting seeds of future films in the original.
But in the case of “John Wick,” it’s clear Lionsgate had no idea that it was about to release the beginning of a cinematic universe when the film hit theaters in 2014.
But now, as we approach the release of the fourth film, as well as a spinoff TV series and at least one spinoff film, the “John Wick” franchise is a bonafide cinematic universe.
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