‘John Wick’ Creator And Writer Not Involved In Upcoming Sequels
etcanada.comDerek Kolstad, the creator and writer of the first two “John Wick” movies, is not involved in the upcoming fourth and fifth instalments of the franchise. “At a certain stage the studio will tell you, your creation is graduated, and you wish it well,” Kolstad, who shared writing credit on “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” tells Collider. “I’m still close with [director Chad Stahelski], still close with [first film co-director David Leitch], and I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I’m excited to see.” Kolstad revealed it was not his decision to exit the franchise: “When you think contractually of these things, the third one I shared the credit with any number of people, [the studio] didn’t have to come back to me, and so they didn’t.”
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