Chad Stahelski – co-director of the original John Wick and sole director for John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – will once again be teaming up with his partner David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) for both John Wick: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

The studio’s CEO Jon Feltheimer addressed its hit franchise during an earnings call, stating “We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our John Wick action franchise, with John Wick 4 slated to hit theaters Memorial Day weekend 2022. We hope to shoot both John Wick 4 and 5 back to back when Keanu becomes available early next year” (via Deadline).

John Wick: Chapter 4 is currently in development stage, as Stahelski explained to Collider earlier this year: “We have, I wouldn’t call it a first draft but I’d call it a ‘scriptment’: A written-out story, part outline, part script, part thing. We know where we want to go, we know the thematics. We call it “the toy box.” It’s like a 100-and-something page document, but some of it’s written. It’s a good place to start.

“There’s been a couple days where I’ve decided to do number four and I’ve woken up in a cold sweat going, ‘Horses! How do I beat horses?!’ Like, I have no fuckin’ idea, to tell you the truth. […] I think I have a lot of really cool ideas for the next one that I think are different and shocking and fun and unique. How to do them, I have no fuckin’ idea right now. I’m still figuring it out,” continued Stahelski, as he teased possible “underwater action,” similar to what we’ve seen in Thunderball and Police Story 4.

The 3rd film, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum celebrated a major Box Office Milestone (+$100 million worldwide after just under a week in global release), so Lionsgate will definitely put the pressure on Stahelski/Leitch to get the film rolling as soon as possible.

We’ll keep you updated on John Wick: Chapter 4​ and John Wick: Chapter 5 as we learn more.