Keanu Reeves just turned 60! The John Wick star has a number of exciting and diverse projects lined up. The star is considered one of Hollywood’s most loved actors, and is admired by fans for his kind personality and candid interviews. Here are some of the projects for him that fans can expect to release in the coming years. (Also Read: Nicole Kidman’s babygirl stuns Venice: Her upcoming projects prove she’s still going strong)
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Fans are eagerly awaiting the next installment of the John Wick franchise after John Wick: Chapter 4, which arrives in March 2023. Regardless of what happens at the end of that film, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Joe Drake said ideas for the next installment are in the works. In an interview with Total Film, Keanu said, “We’ve gotten to make these movies only because people have liked our work. So I guess we’ll have to wait and see how the audience reacts to it. Hopefully they’ll like it.”
Meanwhile, a spinoff film based on the world of John Wick, titled Ballerina, is in the works. Ana de Armas will play the lead role.
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Keanu is part of the third installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, which will be his next release. Directed by Jeff Fowler and starring Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’Shaughnessy and Idris Elba, the film is set to release in December.
The entertainment system is down
Keanu will appear in writer and director Ruben Östlund’s next film for A24, titled The Entertainment System Is Down. The director is best known for his recent satirical comedies The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), both of which won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, billed as a dark comedy, also stars Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Woody Harrelson and Nicholas Braun.
BRZRKR Live-Action Movie
Keanu is attached to the live-action adaptation of BRZRKR, which was originally a comic book series co-written by Reeves and Matt Kindt. “We’re working with Netflix which is great. They’ll let us do an R-rated story which is great. My ambition or hope is not to make a film version of the comic book so that they have some things in common, certainly the main character and his rule set, but we can take it to other places as well. We’re talking to a few different animation companies and trying to figure that out. And, again, for me I’m hoping to be inspired and influenced,” he said Collider Back in 2021.
rally car
Rally Car has been in production limbo for a few years now. The film was first mentioned in 2017, but there have been no updates on the cast or crew since then. The Hollywood ReporterThe film tells the story of a NASCAR driver who revives his career by participating in an international race in China.
More information about Keanu’s book
Apart from being involved in so many projects, Keanu has also written a book titled The Book of Elsewhere, which was released earlier this year in July. Co-written with science-fiction author China Miéville, the book is the first novel set in the world of BRZRKR, which the actor has developed.
Keanu spoke candidly about the experience of making the book and shared his thoughts on mortality. Interview with The New York Times. “Maybe I don’t understand the violence of the world. I don’t understand that we all know we’re going to die, and that we kill each other for things that maybe, as you look back on them, aren’t so important. Maybe I think about the world, you know, how we got here, who we are.”
Keanu also owns a motorcycle company called Ark. In addition, the actor also owns a publishing house, X Artists Books, with partner Alexandra Grant. Together, they have published the adult picture book, Ode to Happiness in 2011 and Shadows in 2016.
