Despite the fairly definitive ending for Keanu Reeves‘ titular anti-hero in John Wick: Chapter 4, Lionsgate announced John Wick 5 during CinemaCon in April. While there are a lot of questions about how John Wick: Chapter 5 can move the franchise forward, director Chad Stahelski has confirmed that it won’t simply be a rehash of the first four movies. Instead, he teased a new story for John to explore in the next movie.
“The saga of John Wick was pretty wrapped up,” said Stahelski while speaking with Empire. “So the only way to do a [fifth film] is to have a new story that involves John Wick. It’s not a continuation with the High Table. John dealt with his grief. It will be really different, and everybody [will] see the trailer and go, ‘Holy f***… I gotta see that.'”
Considering that the fourth film seemingly depicted John dying from his injuries and being laid to rest next to his late wife Helen, fans understandably thought that Wick was dead and buried. It’s unclear how the sequel will deal with that, although the easiest explanation is probably that John faked his death.
There’s no definitive timetable for when John Wick 5 will begin production, but Reeves will be back in his signature suit soon enough. He reprised his role for the upcoming spinoff movie, Ballerina, That film will star Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro, and it’s slated to open on June 6. A second spinoff film is planned featuring Donnie Yen reprising his role as the blind assassin Caine from John Wick: Chapter 4. Yen will also direct the film.
Beyond those projects, Reeves is set to produce and star in an animated John Wick prequel movie that will explore the “impossible task” he pulled off to free himself of all obligations to the high table and live out his life with Helen.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.