John Wick: Chapter 4 is the latest action-packed journey starring Keanu Reeves as the titular hitman. For a two-and-a-half-hour film, certain scenes and characters had to be cut. However, director Chad Stahelski, who helmed John Wick: Chapter 4, is currently working on a Director’s Cut that will feature scenes and characters that didn’t make the finished product.
“Yeah, I’ve been working on the Director’s Cut, the extended cut, which we’ve almost finished. There’s about another, I think, 10 to 15 minutes we put back in,” Stahelski told ComicBookMovie.com. We cut out a big chunk of Berlin, a whole character called The Frau, which is a pretty funny scene with John, and another scene between him and Tracker, a few other little action beats that we put back in.”
Why were these sequences left out of the film? Stahelski cited the pacing and not wanting to disrupt it as a reason for leaving these scenes out.
“I mean, yeah, there’s always stuff we take out because it doesn’t fit the pacing. I think the stuff is all super quality, I love the choreo, I love the characters,” Stahelski continued. “It just didn’t – as a whole, it changed the pace of the film, and I didn’t think I could get, you know, two hour and 38 minute film in therei f it felt slow. I think we got away with it because it felt driven, it felt like it was very purposeful, and I didn’t want to upset that pace. And, if it has to go, it has to go.”
Who is Involved in John Wick: Chapter 4?
Reeves reprises his role as John Wick for the fourth film in the franchise. After the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Wick sets his sights on the High Table as he works to bring down the entire criminal organization. The late Lance Reddick and Ian McShane return as Charon and Winston, respectively. Other featured cast members include Donnie Yen, ill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Clancy Brown.
“John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table,” reads the synopsis. “But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.”
Chad Stahelski directed Chapter 4 from a script co-written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch based on characters by Derek Kolstad. Erica Lee, Basil Iwanyk, and Stahelski produced Chapter 4, with Reeves and Louise Rosner serving as executive producers. Chapter 4 is the highest-grossing film in the franchise, with a worldwide box office haul of over $432 million.
