Keanu Reeves Is Game For ‘John Wick 5’ — But His Knees Object

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People keep asking if Keanu Reeves is back (in John Wick) and, unfortunately, it seems he really does have an answer. Speaking to CBS News in a recent interview alongside Sonic the Hedgehog 3 director Jeff Fowler, The Matrix star was asked about the state of his vengeance-driven hitman in the neo-noir film franchise. “You can never say never, but my knees right now are saying, ‘You can’t do another John Wick,'” the actor, who voices Sonic alter-ego and enemy Shadow in the animated threequel, said. “So my heart does [want to], but I don’t know if my knees can do it.” Fowler jumped in, joking that Reeves will portray the animal cartoon character for the next 20 years instead: “Which is why you can voice Shadow for, like, decades to come.

No physical limitations! Just your voice.” The question posed to Reeves comes amid the franchise’s 10-year anniversary and expansion into much-anticipated spinoff Ballerina, with Ana De Armas stepping into the role of a trained assassin (having since graduated from scene-stealing Bond girl to fully fleshed killer).

Due in theaters June 6, 2025, the Lionsgate film also features Reeves as the notorious Baba Yaga, passing the baton to the young trainee.

Taking place during the events of 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the action flick also stars recruiter Ian McShane and training camp instructor Sharon Duncan-Brewster.