Promising a spectacular action packed revenge thriller, Deadline has reported that actor and martial arts action star, and The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire co-star Daniel Bernhardt (Bloodsport 2, 3 and 4, The Cutter, Parker) has been added to the cast of the next Keanu Reeves-starring action vehicle, John Wick. Based on a screenplay by The Package scribe Mark Kolstad, the film features Reeves in the title role, following the story of a former hitman whose late wife’s dog is murdered by a thug and his friends who steal his 1969 Ford Mustang, leading Wick to a climatic showdown with the thug’s father, a Russian New York crime boss who makes Wick a target.
Produced by Basil Ilwaynk and Mike Witherill, and executive produced by
Reeves along with Kevin Scott Frakes and Raj Brinder Singh for Thunder Road Pictures and H & W Movie Partners, the New York-based production of
John Wick was intially announced back in May, marking the forthcoming directorial debut for
Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, the owners and operators of California-based Hollywood stunt training, film and choreography studio,
87Eleven Action Design. The film, featuring fight direction by 87Eleven’s own
Jonathan Eusebio and
Jon Valera, will also star actress
Bridget Moynahan as Wick’s wife, in addition to actors
Michael Nyqvist and
Alfie Allen as the nefarious father and son crime family. Actress
Adrianne Palicki and actors
Dean Winters and
Willem Dafoe round out the current main cast, with
Bernhardt playing one of
Nyqvist‘s henchmen, and
Dafoe playing friend to
Reeves‘ character who is ultimately hired to kill him.
Reeves is currently set to appear in the upcomimg fantasy samurai action adventure, 47 Ronin, set to release in Japan on December 6, and in North America on Christmas Eve this month. Dafoe will also appear in director Scott Cooper’s upcoming family crime drama, Out Of The Furnace in the U.S. on December 6.
John Wick also makes the latest project to see
Reeves and
Bernhardt back on the screen since starring opposite each other in 2003’s
The Matrix Reloaded and
The Matrix Revolutions where
Stahelski also served as stunt coordinator. Earlier this year in an interview with The Action Elite founder and editor Eoin Friel,
Bernhardt discussed plans for a previous shortfilm he directed in 2010 with then-leading actor
Leitch titled
Fetch. Click
HERE for the interview.
John Wick will tentatively release in 2014, with dates and distribution announcements pending.
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November 30, 2013 @ 7:58 pm
i'm surprised this guy is still alive man, what happened to him?
he was in Mortal Kombat Conquest series, played as Sero