Overview
- The Caine spinoff, which outlets reported Tuesday, is slated to start production next month with Donnie Yen directing and returning as the blind assassin.
- The story picks up after Chapter 4 and follows Caine once he is freed from duties to the High Table, the secretive council that governs assassins in the series.
- Mattson Tomlin wrote the screenplay with Michael McGrale credited as co-writer, reflecting a shift from an earlier writer attached during development.
- Rina Sawayama will reprise Akira, with producers Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski, Keanu Reeves, and John Saunders on board, and Yen serving as executive producer.
- Yen says he aims to deliver a martial arts–driven action film with greater emotional depth, as Lionsgate continues to grow the John Wick universe through spinoffs and new projects.