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The highly anticipated Ana De Armas spinoff Ballerina of the John Wick franchise is greatly heightened by the film's enormous critical and economic success. In the John Wick spinoff Ballerina, which is set in the same universe as the franchise, De Armas plays a ballerina who was raised to be a lethal assassin.
Although tied to the franchise, Ballerina will see director Len Wiseman seek to grow the concept without blockbuster veteran Reeves at its heart. Ana De Armas's potential as an action star was demonstrated in No Time To Die, but her most recent films, The Gray Man and Ghosted, received unfavorable reviews.
The fact that Nobody 2 has been announced further complicates things by indicating that Ballerina won't be the only action film with a John Wick-style release in 2025. The release date of Nobody 2 is set on August 15, 2025. After a home invasion in the first Nobody, Odenkirk's well-mannered suburban everyman Hutch confessed his covert history as a government assassin.
After a series of bloody encounters with the Russian mafia, Hutch finally defeated his adversaries and went back to his normal life. The events of Nobody 2's tale will probably begin when Hutch learns of fresh peril at the conclusion of Nobody.
When vying to be crowned the greatest shoot-em-up film of 2025, Ballerina may have an advantage against a Nobody sequel because of the combination of De Armas' star power and the John Wick brand. The director of Nobody 2 intends for the follow-up to be an exceptional sequel that surpasses the first film.
Action Movie fans will recognize how intriguing the prospect for Nobody 2 is as it will be directed by Timo Tjahjanto. Tjahjanto gained notoriety in 2018's The Night Comes for Us, which featured Iko Uwais from The Raid in an uncommonly evil character.
A former gang member's attempts to guide a young girl through the criminal underground were the subject of The Night Comes for Us, but this storyline served primarily as a pretext for some of the most gory and visually stunning action scenes in recent memory. Given its director's history, Nobody 2 might end up being one of Hollywood's best action films in a while, even though Ballerina might end Ana De Armas' action run.
Even Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld praised The Night Comes for Us, stating that he would love to see Tjahjanto work on Deadpool 3.
Even while Nobody 2 has the potential to be an exceptionally good action film, it may not be successful enough to surpass Ballerina at the Box Office. The first Nobody made $57 million when it was released, however these figures might have been inflated because to the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on theater attendance.
However, Stahelski's franchise has been a big office force in recent years, and Ballerina's association with the John Wick films may help the spinoff become a huge success.
The box office competition between Ballerina and Nobody 2 ultimately comes down to Ana de Armas's star power. Although the supporting cast and innovative visual style of the trilogy received high appreciation, Keanu Reeves has consistently been a dependable hero in the John Wick series.
Given that De Armas has starred in both huge hits and major flops, her popularity will be put to the test in Ballerina. As opposed to Ballerina's continuation of the John Wick narrative, Nobody 2's main draw is probably its action scenes, even though Odenkirk is a well-deservedly acclaimed character actor.