‘John Wick’ Franchise Creator Derek Kolstad Signs With UTA

Keanu Reeves landed another hit at the box office with "John Wick: Chapter 4." Studio estimates revealed the neo-noir thriller earned $73.5 million, a franchise-best for the saga about a hitman on a vengeful quest. In addition to its domestic haul, the film brought in another $64 million internationally for a global tally of $137.5 million at the box office. "John Wick" first premiered in 2014, and earned $14 million on its opening weekend.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake had much to celebrate this morning as the studio reaped a record global and domestic box office debut for the John Wick franchise with John Wick: Chapter 4 making $137.5M WW and $73.5M. The fourthquel was the best received John Wick of all-time with audiences (A CinemaScore) and critics (95% certified fresh). The movie is arguably the second best global opening for Reeves after The Matrix Revolution’s $201.4M.

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is officially the most successful film in the franchise.

Chad Stahelski and then partner David Leitch came from the area of martial arts and stunts, and made their mark choreographing huge stunt sequences and directed second unit for many films before getting the shot at steering a franchise with John Wick. Leitch went his own way and Stahelski remained welded to Keanu Reeves in one of most fascinating director-star relationships that concludes with John Wick 4, the final installment of a sleeper action-heavy hit that grew into blockbuster status as each film grew in ambition and box office grosses. The most fantastical gun violence Hollywood has brought since The Matrix films has only been part of it, as are the close combat brawls, knife, sword fights and car crashes that left Wick bloodied but undaunted. For their fourth and likely final time out, Stahelski and Reeves added iconic Asian action heroes Donnie Yen and Hiroyuki Sanada to ramp things up even further. Here, Stahelski breaks down why the franchise’s mythological underpinnings was its secret weapon, how they pulled off an endless string of eye-popping action sequences — 14 in the finale — for much less than a pricey romcom and why stunt professionals deserve Oscar recognition as much as any other category. Getting that recognition for his bruised and battered brethren might be his next production.

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is set to debut this weekend, and box office projections for the latest outing in the Keanu Reeves action franchise are through the roof.

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films have picked up North American rights to Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy — a new documentary on the making of the iconic John Schlesinger film, from acclaimed documentarian Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story).

John Boyega is still in the early stages of his acting career, but he has clearly experienced quite a bit, thanks in no small part to his large role in the most recent “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. And he hasn’t been scared to open up about his negative experiences making those films, along with how they have affected his career moving forward.

Lance Reddick, best known for his work on The Wire and the John Wick movie franchise, has died. He was 60.

Keanu Reeves is gearing up for the release of “John Wick: Chapter 4”.

Amazon Prime Video may be rethinking its relationship with Jeremy Clarkson, but it has doubled down on James May.

EXCLUSIVE: APA on Thursday announced its signing of actress Madison Iseman.

his mother doubled down on claims her son may have been murdered.“Many factors discussed with the police and coroner do not add up to [a] simple overdose,” the child star’s fiancée told The Sun. “I want to know what really happened so I can focus on raising our son Prince without constantly losing sleep on what happened to his father every night.” Carter was found dead in the bathtub of his California home on Nov.

Former Raiders player Derek Carr is headed to the New Orleans Saints.

John Malone and certain Charter Communications board members have agreed to pay $87.5 million to to settle a seven-year-old investor lawsuit accusing the American billionaire businessman of being unfairly compensated in Charter’s 2015 acquisition of Time Warner Cable.The deal was proposed in a Delaware court filing Friday. It does not carry any admission of wrongdoing, and the money will be paid directly to Charter.Charter investors sued Malone and members of the company’s board of directors in 2015 concerning an alleged side-deal in the company’s $78.7 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.

In November, Aaron Carter was found dead in a bathtub in his California home. He was 34. In the years leading up to his death, he very publicly dealt with drug addiction, and although many assumed his drug use contributed to passing, his mother, Jane Carter, is now insisting that his death be investigated as a possible homicide.

Jon Burlingame editor In what may be the most difficult-to-predict score competition in years, the original-music Oscar could go to a sentimental favorite, a past nominee or the newcomer to the race. Academy members begin voting today. Legendary composer John Williams broke records again by becoming the most nominated living person (53 nominations, winning five), earning the highest number of nominations ever in the music categories, and (it is believed, per the Academy) becoming the oldest nominee ever for a competitive award. He is 91. His nomination for “The Fabelmans” surprised some outsiders, as his fairly spare score is often overshadowed by the several classical pieces performed by Mitzi (Michelle Williams), the character based on director Steven Spielberg’s piano-playing mom. But it passed the 35% rule — that is, more than a third of the total musical content must be original dramatic score — or it would have been disqualified by the Academy’s strict music-branch executive committee.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed rising star Sinqua Walls for representation in all areas.

singer was found dead — accusing cops of failing to investigate his “potential homicide” and a flurry of “death threats.”Jane Carter shared the five graphic images on Wednesday, including some seemingly showing feces smeared across clothing and the bathroom floor — as well as the tub filled with green water, in which the 34-year-old troubled singer’s body sat for hours after his Nov. 5 death.His mom said the shock move was part of her “still trying to get a real investigation for the death of my son.”“I want to share these death scene photos with you all because the coroner wrote it off as an accidental drug overdose,” she wrote alongside the pics.“They never investigated it as a possible crime scene because of his addiction past,” she claimed of the star who had long struggled with addiction and mental health issues.“Look at the photos.

EXCLUSIVE: Markiplier, otherwise known as Mark Fischbach, the creator who has over 60M followers across social media, has signed with UTA.

Paris Hilton is discussing motherhood… And what’s (hopefully) coming next!