I’m a HUGE John Wick fan, so it’s great to see all the press around the new movie, which comes out this weekend, March 24. I enjoyed this excellent interview with Chad Stahelski, the director of the series, over at BoxOffice Pro. Lots of interesting insight into how the surprisingly-popular series came together.

Excerpt: “Chad Stahelski’s John Wick entered the market in late October 2014 with unexceptional prospects. It was a midbudget action film, helmed by star Keanu Reeves’s former stunt double in The Matrix. Few would have blinked if it had taken its modest box office haul and retreated to a comfortable afterlife in the Sunday afternoon programming rotation on basic cable, the fate enjoyed by countless films before it.

But John Wick was more than just another counter-programmer—it was a fresh and exciting take on a genre weighed down by superhero movies; it became a word-of-mouth box office hit, and above all it was good. It was really good. A sequel followed in 2017, as did a third part in 2019. All were directed by Chad Stahelski, who has remained at the helm of the franchise since its inception.

With John Wick: Chapter 4, scheduled for release this March, John Wick is now one of the most important series in Lionsgate’s slate. Boxoffice Pro’s Daniel Loria spoke with Stahelski as the filmmaker was putting the finishing touches on the film about the franchise’s journey and its director’s role in ensuring its status as a modern action classic.“

Read the whole article HERE.