By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Mel Gisbon has been roped in to play a pivotal position within the “John Wick” prequel sequence “The Continental” for Starz and Lionsgate Television. The present, initially ordered in 2018, focuses on the internal workings of the titular lodge from the movie franchise, which is a refuge for assassins.
It will discover the origin behind the hotel-for-assassins by the eyes and actions of a younger Winston Scott, who’s dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a previous he thought he’d left behind.
“Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals,” the plotline reads.
According to Deadline, Gibson will play a brand new character named Cormac, although no additional particulars can be found about his position. “The Continental” might be a three-night occasion sequence however no premiere date is presently set.
Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward are writing the sequence and can function showrunners in addition to govt producers. Chad Stahelski, Derek Kolstad, David Leitch, Shawn Simmons, Paul Wernick, and Rhett Reese are all govt producing together with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road Pictures.
“The Continental” would be the first sequence based mostly on the Keanu Reeves-led “John Wick” movie trilogy, which has has grossed virtually USD 600 million worldwide. All the three movies have been scripted by Kolstad and directed by Stahelski.
They are presently filming “John Wick: Chapter Four” with Reeves reprising his murderer character. Actor Ian McShane performs the older model of Winston within the films.
