John Wick 4 Casts Shamier Anderson in Major Role

On the heels of his breakout flip in the Netflix movie Stowaway, Shamier Anderson has been solid reverse Keanu Reeves in John Wick 4, Collider has found.

Chad Stahelski is returning to direct the Lionsgate sequel, which has moreover added Donnie Yen (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Japanese-British popstar Rina Sawayama. Anderson’s place is being saved beneath wraps, whereas Yen will play one in each of John Wick’s outdated associates who shares the similar historic previous and a lot of the similar enemies as a result of the Baba Yaga.

Shay Hatten and Michael Finch wrote John Wick 4, which Stahelski is producing with Basil Iwanyk, and Erica Lee, whereas Reeves is govt producing alongside Louise Rosner. Production is slated to start this summer season in France, Germany and Japan.

“It’s a thrill to be working with an actor of Shamier’s caliber. He’s proven exceptional with drama and action and is a compelling presence on screen,” Stahelski talked about in an announcement.

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Anderson’s first attribute was Darren Lynn Bousman‘s 2012 model movie The Barrens, which led to roles in the Jesse Owens movie Race and the TV assortment Wynonna Earp. Anderson went on to look in Karyn Kusama‘s thriller Destroyer and Drake Doremus‘ indie Endings, Beginnings, and the Canadian actor moreover recurred on the Amazon assortment Goliath.

Anderson’s exhausting work has been paying off this 12 months, as he starred alongside Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim in the emotional home movie Stowaway, and his long-delayed crime thriller City of Lies was lastly launched starring Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker. Meanwhile, Anderson will shortly be seen reverse Gina Rodriguez in the upcoming Netflix thriller Awake, and he returns to the streaming service in Halle Berry‘s directorial debut Bruised, which is predicted to debut later this 12 months.

In newest months, Anderson has been busy filming the racially-charged indie thriller A Lot of Nothing with Justin Hartley, Lex Scott Davis, Cleopatra Coleman and Y’lan Noel, in addition to Simon Kinberg and David Weil‘s Apple TV+ series Invasion, which co-stars Sam Neill and is inspired by H.G. Wells‘ War of the Worlds. He’s represented by CAA, Mosaic, OAZ & Associates and lawyer Jeff Bernstein.

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