This Determined Housewives star saved John Wick with a much-needed $6 million funding lower than 24 hours earlier than taking pictures was to start.
During the last ten years, the John Wick franchise has spawned sequels, spinoffs, TV reveals, and video video games, so it’s onerous to think about that the primary film virtually didn’t occur. Whereas chatting with Business Insider, John Wick administrators Chad Stahelski and David Leitch revealed that the challenge had misplaced virtually $6 million lower than per week earlier than manufacturing was set to start. Fortunately, John Wick discovered an unlikely saviour in none aside from Eva Longoria.
“We were less than a week out and we lost almost $6 million on a gap financing,” Stahelski mentioned. “We were financing independently to get the bond, but one of the investors couldn’t raise the money in time.” Stahelski, Leitch, and Keanu Reeves had every put their very own cash into John Wick, with producer Basil Iwanyk maxing out a number of private bank cards, however they nonetheless got here up quick. CAA was serving to put the financing collectively and, in a last-ditch effort, provided a few of their shoppers the chance to spend money on John Wick.
“[Eva] came to the rescue and she provided the gap financing, literally less than 24 hours before we had to lock the doors on the movie and walk away,” Stahelski mentioned. “Basil took us out to dinner [after filming], and we were laughing about all the bullshit that happened, and he said, ‘By the way, funny story, you know who gap financed you? Eva Longoria.’ We were were like, ‘What!’” The John Wick director took Longoria out to lunch to thank her, and he or she later advised the pair that investing within the film was “the best money” she’d ever spent. Followers of hard-hitting motion and skull-splitting gunshots owe Eva Longoria a honest thanks.
The subsequent John Wick challenge to hit our screens shall be Ballerina, a derivative which stars Ana de Armas as a younger girl with killer expertise who units out to get revenge when hitmen kill her household. Because the movie takes place within the John Wick universe, it can function appearances from a number of franchise characters, together with Ian McShane as Winston, the proprietor of the Continental Lodge, the late Lance Reddick as Charon, the Continental’s concierge, and Anjelica Huston because the Director, the top of the Ruska Roma. Keanu Reeves may also make an look as John Wick. The movie may also embody Catalina Sandino Moreno, Gabriel Bryne, and Norman Reedus in undisclosed roles. The movie is ready to hit theaters on June 6, 2025.
