The first trailer for director Len Wiseman’s awkwardly named From the World of John Wick: Ballerina spinoff film is dropped, and while it doesn’t feature a premiere date, it does have an unhinged spin on Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” that honestly kinda works.
Set some time between John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Chapter 4, Ballerina revolves around Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), an orphan-turned-assassin who is taken in by Continental hotel owner Winston Scott (Ian McShane) after the loss of her family.
Rather than keeping Ballerina’s connections to the larger John Wick universe rather subtle, the new film brings Eve directly into the orbit of John Wick (Keanu Reeves) as she becomes an increasingly high-profile contract killer.
The trailer details how, in her quest to hunt down the people who murdered her family, Eve will encounter other classic John Wick characters like Charon (Lance Reddick in his final posthumous onscreen role) and newcomers like Anjelica Huston’s The Director. And while some of the action on display feels a bit like it’s aping Marvel’s Black Widow, shots like the flamethrower/firehose fight make Ballerina seem like it might feature some surprise delights.
