John Wick Chapter 3 Synopsis and Promo Poster Revealed!

Written by: James A. Barnes

The long awaited 3rd chapter of the John Wick franchise will shoot it's way into theaters on May 17, 2018.

Here's the official synopsis of the film:

“John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ordered the open contract. John should have already been executed, except the Continental’s manager, Winston, has given him a one-hour grace period before he’s “Excommunicado” – membership revoked, banned from all services and cut off from other members. John uses the service industry to stay alive as he fights and kills his way out of New York City.”

In an interview with Collider Chad Stahelski talked about getting back to basics of the John Wick mythology and talked about having the film take place primary in New York.

Here's Stahelski's direct quote from his interview with Collider:

“We want, not so much to go bigger on the third one, but to show you more of the intricacies of the world… I feel like there are all these different subtleties that I skipped over in Number Two, that I’d like to go back to on [chapter three] and show you the inner workings of different parts of New York. So rather than massive set pieces, I’d like to show you cooler and more intricate ones… I think it would be a mistake budget wise and creatively to just go big and blow up a freeway. That’s not our gig. That’s a comic book or a Bond gig. We want to show you cool and intricate details. What are those little details in everyday life? Hopefully – we make people look at garbage collectors and cleaner vans and homeless people a little differently now.”

John Wick Chapter 3

Photo Credit: Collider

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Stahelski directed the first "John Wick" film with David Leitch and went solo to direct John Wick: Chapter 2 and the upcoming John Wick: Chapter 3. Stahelski has been in the stunt for world for decades, ranging from being a stunt double for Neo in "The Matrix", Martial Arts Stunt Coordinator for "The Matrix Reloaded," and Stunt Coordinator for films like "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "300," "V For Vendetta," "The Expendables," and "The Mechanic" just to name a few.

Stahelski is set to direct the pilot episode of the upcoming series "The Continental". Lionsgate has partnered with Starz to distribute the series. Starz has seen great success with their original shows like "Outlander" and "Black Sails".

The show will focus on the inner workings on "The Continental" the infamous safe haven for assassins in the John Wick lore. Chris Collins who has worked on "The Wire" will write the series and serve as it's showrunner. Keanu Reeves, Chris Collins, and John Wick co-director David Leitch will serve as executive producers for the series.

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