Anjelica Huston returns to the world of John Wick and joins the cast) Ballerina , Lionsgate’s spin-off in the world of Keanu Reeves’ action franchise.
Production is already in progress, the feature’s top line is Ana de Armas , sponsored by Directed by Ryan Wiseman.
Shay Hatten wrote the screenplay, which involves a young woman (de Armas) with the skills of a killer who uses said skills to get revenge when her family is killed by the killer.
Huston is reprising his role as The Director, head of Ruska Roma’s crime syndicate. She appeared in John Wick 3 – Parabellum in a chewy scene like “You honor me by bringing death to my front door?” lines. When the troubled Killer Wick asks her for help. One of her skills is training young dancers to understand that the art is suffering, while also training young boxers to perform somersaults.
Houston isn’t the only Wick vet back on the call sheet. Ian McShane reprises his role as Winston, the manager of the Continental, a fan-favorite assassin hotel with its own set of rules and breaking them There will be serious consequences.
“ Ballerina idea was formed around Anjelica’s scene in John Wick 3,” said Erica Lee, who produced the project with Basil Iwanyk and Chad Stahelski. “Anjelica Huston is an icon no less than Hollywood royalty. Wick’s world is always enriched by her majesty on screen.”
Huston’s mother is a ballet dancer (her father is director John Huston) and has spent the last few years concentrating on voice work as Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Narrator for and worked on American Dad and BoJack Horseman . She did play Noah Schnapp in Stranger Things in the WWII drama Waiting for Anya .2020 2020
