By “John Wick” filmmaker Chad Stahelski isn’t someone who is short on projects he has in development.
It would appear the “Highlander” reboot starring Henry Cavill will be his immediate next project, but he also has an adaptation of PS5-exclusive “Ghost of Tsushima” on the way along with a “Rainbow Six” film and a possible fifth “John Wick”.
Speaking with Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, Stahelski says even with that hectic slate, there are other franchises he’d happily have a go at.
The list includes “Star Wars” and Marvel titles “Blade” and Wolverine. Talking about what he’d like to tackle he touched upon Lucasfilm’s universe right away:
“Everyone’s got their thing, right? Like I’m a ‘Star Wars’ guy. The first ‘Star Wars’ changed my life. Maybe someday out there, Disney, if you’re listening… hit me in a couple of years, and I have a couple of takes for ‘Star Wars.’ I’d take a swing at that. I challenge you… take a [chance and] if Disney could survive me.”
He also spoke about Marvel, though with the Wolverine project it would come with one stipulation regarding casting, saying: “If I could ever work with Hugh Jackman on ‘Wolverine,’ I’d be over the moon.” With Marvel though, there’s one particular property he gets excited about:
“Of all the things out there, I would take a swing at ‘Blade’ in a second. That’s one that gets under my skin; I’m like, ‘I would take a swing at that.’”
Look, I’ve worked for Marvel, a bunch. They’ve been very, very good to me. And certainly, Kevin Feige has almost been like a mentor in a capacity with the advice he’s been very happy to give me about opening a franchise with ‘John Wick.’
We’ve talked about it. But they have a very good formula, and they have their thing going, and I think they’ve got the right people involved in ‘Blade’ now, not that I’m in the inner circle. But we’ve had talks, but for whatever reason, things come together for [a reason], and there’s a good fit for them now.
But for what they’re doing, they’ve got a great thing going, but if that thing doesn’t work out for them in five years from now, I’d still be like, ‘yeah’.”
The new “Blade” film currently in the works has gone through multiple directors and writers, with Yann DeMange set to direct the production which aims to shoot sometime this year.
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