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Lionsgate Plotting 'John Wick' Universe With 'Ballerina' Action -script (Exclusive)

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Lionsgate has won a bidding war to pick up a female-centric spec action -script titled Ballerina that will serve as a platform for a possible John Wick spinoff.

 

Basil Iwanyk, whose Thunder Road banner is behind the hit Wick action franchise starring Keanu Reeves, will produce Ballerina. While Lionsgate is relishing the idea of a franchise expansion, the screenwriter behind Ballerina is living out a Hollywood dream.

 

The deal marks the first sale for Shay Hatten, a 23-year-old scribe who idolizes Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and is currently working as a writer's assistant for Robert Downey Jr.’s production company, Team Downey. Hatten has been on an upward Hollywood trajectory since graduating from Loyola Marymount’s School of Film and Television in 2016. He snagged an internship at Team Downey while writing a black comedy -script, Maximum King!, in his spare time, and that -script led to representation at CAA and ended up on last year’s Black List and Blood List. Hatten was then upped by Downey to writer's assistant, providing -script notes and coverage on the company's many projects while tackling what would become Ballerina on nights and weekends. 

 

Ballerina has been described as being in the vein of La Femme Nikita, the 1990 female-centric assassin movie that helped launch the career of filmmaker Luc Besson, but with a more pulpy, hyper-stylized bent a la Quentin Tarantino or Matthew Vaughn.

 

[Xenosmilus]

Not sure we really need a spin-off...

[media_junkie]

On 10/28/2021 at 7:17 PM, Xenosmilus said:

Not sure we really need a spin-off...

We don't.

[MetalPSI]

Baller-ina

She's gots the ballz

[The Brain]

 

 

[The Brain]

Reminds me of the Joker from Suicide Squad.

[Drummy]

I do like de Armas and that poster image has lots of layers -- pretty cool once you start looking at all the choices they made.

Has potential, but definitely not a spinoff I was clamoring for?

Dan

[The Brain]

 

Did anyone else catch the use of Atomic Blond in that "tease" trailer???

[koollectablz]

Hmmm, this is looking depressingly derivative.  They killed my father!  I'm going to kill them all!  Sigh.

[kimik]

Ana de Armas as the lead means I will watch it, even if I have to mute the volume. 😂

[Dr. Balls]

It's funny, I'm not really into the John Wick universe - but I watch all the movies at least once, and they are all incredibly entertaining, so I'll definitely watch this one. I am always looking for the next 'Long Kiss Goodnight' female bad@ss movie.