Keanu Reeves isn’t sure his body could cope with the demands of a fifth ‘John Wick’ movie.
The 60-year-old actor has starred as the titular ace assassin in the action franchise for 10 years since the first film came out in 2014, with ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ coming out in March 2023.
Keanu loves portraying the character but he doesn’t think he could cope with the stunt demands of another outing.
During an appearance on ‘CBS This Morning’, Reeves said: “You can never say never, but my knees right now are saying, ‘You can’t do another ‘John Wick’.
“So, my heart does, but I don’t know if my knees can do it.”
In ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’, Keanu’s alter ego was seemingly killed off after a duel with his friend Caine – as played by Donnie Yen.
After the movie – which also starred Bill Skarsgard, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Clancy Brown and Scott Adkins – proved to be a success and made over $440 million against a production budget of $100 million, Lions gate Films began exploring ideas for bringing the assassin back for another ‘John Wick’ instalment in November 2023.
However, there has not been any updates since then as to whether Reeves would be returning as the titular character in the fifth film.
Last month, ‘John Wick’ producer Erica Lee admitted “the stars have to align” if the studio is to move ahead with the fifth movie.
She told Screen Rant: “First and foremost, I’d love ‘John Wick 5’ and figuring out what that movie looks like and what the story is and how we take the franchise to the next level.
“I think we set this bar so high in [John Wick: Chapter 4’] and we left it all on the table. I say we burn the house down when we make the movie.
“So I think to pull it all together, it has to be a great idea and the stars have to align, and there’s a lot of pressure to get that right. So that’s what I’m most hopeful and excited and anxious about.”
While it is uncertain whether the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ star would ever return to the action franchise, series creator and director Chad Stahelski previously said he was open to helming another flick set in the ‘John Wick’ universe.
Stahelski said: “I’m massively in love with the characters and the world that we’ve built.
“Do I want to try other things? Yes, but to be brutally honest with you, if I was smart enough and good enough to come up with a way to continue the story, I would.
“It just felt right to end where Keanu and I both just in our hearts and our souls, felt it was good to do what we did.
“To end it and put a good cap on this and feel satisfied and not go out on it down, but go out on a high. It felt right to end the series like that.”
While not officially directing the ‘John Wick’ spin-off ‘Ballerina’, Stahelski stepped in for Len Wiseman to oversee the reshoots for the Ana de Armas-starring movie.
Looking to the flick, the ‘Highlander’ filmmaker teased ‘Ballerina’ would continue to deliver on the dynamic action sequences the series has become renowned for.
He said in a video featurette released at the 2024 Comic Con Experience (CCXP) in Sao Paulo, Brazil: “The overall goal is to give ‘John Wick’ action. When you’re watching it with an audience and the place goes nuts … that’s a great experience.”
