John Wick Spinoff Ballerina Reportedly Delayed to 2025 as The Crow Remake Takes 2024 Release Date
In a calendar switch up, it appears that The Crow remake is stepping into John Wick spinoff Ballerina’s summer 2024 release date.
Deadline reports today that Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas, has been delayed a year from June 7, 2024 to June 6, 2025. According to the report, John Wick director Chad Stahelski, who recently struck a deal with Lionsgate to have creative oversight of the franchise, is working with Ballerina director Len Wiseman to include some additional action sequences.
That leaves the release date free for The Crow to swoop into, with it now reportedly set for June 7, 2024. Obviously, that means we’re not far away from the long in-development remake, which first started development all the way back in 2008. Along the way, it’s gone through potential stars including Bradley Cooper, Luke Evans, Jack Huston, and Jason Momoa, in addition to a number of directors and even studios.
Brandon Lee in 1994’s The Crow
It finally landed at Lionsgate last year, with Bill Skarsgard stepping into the title role originally played by Brandon Lee, who tragically died in an accident on the set of the 1994 film. FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila, and Jordan Bolger also star, with Rupert Sanders directing.
As part of today’s shuffle, Deadline also reports that Lionsgate has dated an untitled Guy Ritchie film for January 17, 2025.
Ballerina, meanwhile, is one of a number of upcoming projects forthcoming from the ever-expanding John Wick cinematic universe. Following the release of John Wick: Chapter 4 last year, Lionsgate revealed that a fifth John Wick movie is also in the works, and Stahelski has teased both an anime and a TV show in the works, separate from The Continental series that came out last September.
IGN has reached out to Lionsgate for comment on the Deadline report.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she’s not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
