Anjelica Huston Joins Ana de Armas in Lionsgate’s ‘John Wick’ Spinoff ‘Ballerina’ (unique) - Hollywood Reporter

Len Wiseman is directing the motion function it is presently capturing in Prague.

Anjelica Huston Courtesy of Lionsgate

Anjelica Huston has pirouetted returned into the realm of John Wick, becoming a member of the cast of Ballerina, Lionsgate's spinoff set on the planet of the Keanu Reeves action franchise.

construction is already underway on the characteristic it is being toplined with the aid of Ana de Armas and directed by way of Len Wiseman.

Shay Hatten wrote the script and the plot involves a younger lady (de Armas) with killer knowledge who uses stated skills to get revenge when her household is killed by hitmen.

Huston is reprising her position as the Director, the pinnacle of the Ruska Roma crime company. She regarded in John Wick three – Parabellum in a chewy scene with traces akin to "You honor me via bringing death to my front door?" as beleaguered hitman Wick came to her for aid. among her skills is training younger dancers to be trained that artwork is suffering while additionally practicing young fighters to roll with the flips.

Huston isn't the handiest Wick vet again on the call sheet.  Ian McShane is reprising his role as Winston, supervisor of the Continental, the fan-favourite resort for assassins with its personal set of guidelines and extreme penalties for breaking them.

"The theory of Ballerina was fashioned around the scenes with Anjelica in John Wick three," said Erica Lee, who's producing the project along with Basil Iwanyk and Chad Stahelski. "Anjelica Huston is an icon and is nothing under Hollywood royalty. the world of Wick is always made richer by means of her commanding display presence."

Huston, whose mother was a ballerina (her father changed into director John Huston), has spent the final a number of years concentrated on voice work, appearing as the narrator for Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch and working on suggests such as American Dad and BoJack Horseman. She did celebrity opposite Stranger issues' Noah Schnapp in 2020's World struggle II drama, expecting Anya.