John Wick is an American action thriller media franchise created by Derek Kolstad and centered around John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had previously abandoned.
The franchise began with the release of John Wick in 2014, followed by three sequels: Chapter 2 in 2017, Chapter 3 – Parabellum in 2019, and Chapter 4 in 2023.
Two spin-offs are being produced: the limited series The Continental in 2023 and the film Ballerina in 2024, while a fifth main installment, originally intended to be shot back-to-back with the fourth film, is also in development.
The films have been critically acclaimed and earned a collective gross of more than $857 million worldwide.
John Wick
At the beginning of the first film, Wick has been retired from being
a hitman for five years after undertaking an "impossible task" for Tarasov,
wiping out all other organized crime syndicates in New York City in order
to be allowed to leave to marry Helen