Ana de Armas goes out in search of revenge in the first official trailer of Ballerinathe spinoff of the action franchise John Wickof Lionsgatedirected by Len Wiseman (Underworldreboot Total Recall).
In the action thriller, de Armas plays Rooney, a Ruska Roma dancer who seeks revenge against a group of hitmen who murdered her family. The plot is set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum y John Wick: Chapter 4focusing on the assassin who only made a brief appearance in Chapter 3 and was originally played by Unity Phelan.
In the trailer, available at the end of this note, we take a brief look at Rooney's (de Armas) origins, and some of her training as an assassin. Later we see her slit someone's throat with an ice skate and spray a flamethrower with a hose, as well as kick some ass. At the end of the trailer, he meets Baba Yaga himself, John Wick, with the return of Keanu Reeves in what has been described as a “substantial role, not a cameo.”
They are also back Ian McShane as Winston, the manager of the Continental Hotel, Anjelica Huston as The Director, in charge of the Ruska Roma crime organization that trains dancers in the same facility where Wick trained as an assassin, and Lance Reddick like Charon, the concierge of the Continental Hotel in one of his last performances. The actor died in March 2023 due to ischemic heart disease.
Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Hereditary), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Mary full of grace, Silent Night) y Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) are the new additions to the franchise.
Wiseman directs the script written by Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Army of the Dead).
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“Ballerina involves a young woman (de Armas) with murderous skills who uses those skills to get revenge when her family is murdered by hitmen.”
Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Chad Stahelski produce the spinoff. Reeves executive produces alongside Kaley Smalley of Wiseman's Sketch Films. Lionsgate's James Myers is overseeing for the studio.
Chapter 4 Released in theaters in March 2023, it is the highest-grossing film of the entire franchise, with more than $440 million at the global box office. The four films have a global box office of more than $1 billion.
In addition to the spinoff, the cinematic universe expanded to the small screen with the prequel series The Continentalavailable on Prime Video in Mexico and the rest of Latin America from September 2023.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerinaknown in our market as From the John Wick universe: Danceropens in theaters around the world on June 6, 2025.
Trailer:
Source: https://cine3.com/trailer-ballerina-ana-de-armas-spinoff-john-wick/
