 Adam another one of our favorite action movies John Wick. Yes, so fandom Recently interviewed at Chad Stolesky the director of all three John Wick films Were you aware Adam that they were in production on a John Wick TV series? I was because you spoke about it on this very channel. That's right the continental So this is of course centered on the continental, which is basically how would you describe it Adam? It's a it's like the assassins hideout where they all agreed you put the guns away There's no no weapons allowed on or our weapons allowed. You're just not allowed to kill each other You just can't kill each other What's the name of that safe area between North and South Korea the DMZ demilitarized zone right? This is basically the D assassin zone right even if you two assassins are in the middle of trying to kill each other if they If one of them runs into the continental the fight is over Even if you're lying down next to the continental and one of your appendages comes into contact with it You're good. I love all the rules of this world It feels like the rules you would come up with on the playground when you're six years old Yeah, if you're touching the swing set you're on pause. Yeah. Yeah, I love it So in the interview with Chad Stolesky, he revealed some details about their approach for the TV series Here's what he said the angle they're working on the continental TV show right now is a different perspective on the whole world It's coming at it from different characters points of view and what the breath of the world is Whereas in John Wick. I'm following a time period. That's almost just a week in the life of one man Who everything spirals out of control, which is our John Wick story? By the way, that's something that's always fun to remind yourself of when you're watching the John Wick movies We've been following this for years. This has all been in the span of about a week Yeah, and people forget also how quickly the events of the first movie happen After his what this is not a spoiler. This is the premise of the movie is that his wife is dead. That's right. Yeah That that only happens like a few days before the events of the first movie. That's right That's right Which explains why his emotions were so raw and you would go on a rampage over the death of a puppy Every movie that comes after that is about a man in grief. That's right And I just love how you can think back how all of this has spiraled out of control from that one Event because that punk fion greyjoy had to stick his nose where it didn't belong great casting Yeah, perfect casting for that role And he goes on to say the angle that the other producers and writers on the TV show are coming from is a very different Timeline structure and a very different perspective of character about how deep the world goes and not just assassins But everything that's included and a lot of the origin stories are some of the characters you see in wick So it's got some very interesting things It's a very interesting take on the wick world which I think is pretty cool But it won't be from the John Wick perspective not that John Wick won't be involved with it It's just not from his perspective So a few things to read into that number one it sounds like Keanu Reeves may reprise his role as John Wick in the show Yeah, it sounds that way. Also, it's good to hear that the director of the John Wick movies is taking an active role in the production I think that's unusual for this sort of thing if there's a great movie franchise And they say we're doing a spin-off TV show my first assumption is that nobody from the movies involved It's a cash grab, but this has got the director Keanu Reeves is clearly involved on some level So it's got a lot going for it Also, the showrunner is going to be a guy named Chris Collins Writer of John Wick 3. He was also a staff writer on the wire wrote for Sons of Anarchy Man in the High Castle Star Wars Clone Wars, so he's got some bona fides If that's how you say that So the movies the show's got a lot going for it I will say I'm keeping some healthy skepticism We were just talking about the Furiosa spin-off for Mad Max and for that movie I said the big draw for me is not so much the character, but the world I would say John Wick is sort of the opposite the main draw is wick and then second to that is the world I love the world building in the movies. It's fun. It's sort of goofy it's a good tapestry for the John Wick character to be awesome, but What do you think it's gonna be like to take that world and now make it the focus? Do you think that could work? How are you feeling about this if they if they pick the right Main characters to follow and the right plot line to occur within that world. I think they can do it Now, do you think they'll have to sort of I wonder if they'll have to kind of tone down the goofiness of the world Because when they reveal I think in John Wick 2 that basically all the homeless in New York are secretly assassins The fact that you can buy basically anything for one gold coin no matter what it is all those kind of goofy elements You see past them But when you're watching 10 episodes of a series I could see that getting old It's sort of like you can't think about that stuff too much But you might if you're watching an episode to episode well one thing to consider is that we were we're being told the John Wick series is from the perspective of John Wick Whereas the TV show will not be right John Wick is the top top tier, you know upper echelon of assassin so kind of makes sense that his entire world would Everything that revolves around him would be assassin related, right? Or maybe for some lower tier mid tier assassins There's more a mixture of like our real world in that world right and they won't have gold coins I can throw it and just get whatever they want. They won't get bulletproof suits John Wick has got Imperial gold these guys just have calamari flag The other thing I'm wondering is of course one of the biggest draws for John Wick are the fight scenes the fight choreography And I continue to be impressed with John Wick 2 and 3 they keep finding ways to top themselves They keep finding ways to keep the fight choreography interesting How are they gonna keep that up in a TV series? Do you think they'll even try to I mean? I would my mind would be blown if they could do a TV series that hits the highs that John Wick does or Are they gonna try and find ways to get us interested in this world without people stabbing each other with pencils and Hitting each other with books. Well, this gives them an opportunity to introduce more characters with different fight styles So even if they can't necessarily top themselves They might be able to sprinkle enough variety in there to keep us interested for some reason when you said different fight styles The first thing I thought it was Tekken that one guy you kind of dance fights, right? So there's a lot they can explore their capoeira Was that is that the style? Yeah, the one thing this brings to mind for me, too Is a show we keep bringing up at Gangs of London? Yes, because they're dealing with a similar issue You've got Gareth Evans who made the raid and he does these incredible action sequences Then he comes out gangs of London and at least from the two episodes. We've watched they've paced themselves in the first episode 90 minutes long there's maybe one or two small fight scenes So he found a way to get us interested invested in the characters So the fighting is there and it's awesome, but it's not the focus the way it was for the raid So maybe Chad Stolesky can Chad yeah Chad Stolesky can do the same thing For the Continental any other thoughts on the Continental or John Wick alone you haven't chimed in Well, I hope there's some sweet fighting action in the show. It gets me a little Little nervous. It won't be able to hold up to the standard set by the movie, right? But I mean You're you're telling me about Gangs of London. Yeah, you know, there's hope there's precedent It can be done and the writer has the cred to back this up. I think I'm excited for it Yeah, all right Well, we will keep an eye on it for sure and we will be watching that show as soon as air