British actor Bill Nighy has signed on to star in the film. «Kane» , Lionsgate's John Wick spin-off, directed by martial artist Donnie Yen.
Ian, who played the role of the blind assassin in the film «John Wick: Chapter 4» , also stars in the film, which is currently being filmed in Budapest and Hong Kong.
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The cast also includes Mason Thames ( «Black phone ») and Dacre Montgomery ( «"Very strange things »), as well as Rina Sawayama, who will reprise her role as Akira, who worked in «Week 4» in a hotel for hired killers, taken over by hitmen, and blaming Kane for the death of her father.
Mattson Tomlin, screenwriter of the upcoming film «Batman: Part II» and film adaptations of the comic book BRZRKR , created by Keanu Reeves, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael McGrail.
The plot continues the events «Week 4» , where Kane is freed from his obligations to the High Table, the council that governs a global empire controlled by elite crime families. But guess what? Just when he thought he was free…
The film's producers are long-time participants of the project. «John Wick» Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee of Thunder Road, and director «John Wick» Chad Stahelski, who is producing the film through his production company, 87Eleven Entertainment, is also producing. John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, is also producing, as is John Saunders.
Ian is an executive producer on the project along with Courtney Brock.
Nighy is one of Britain's most recognisable stage and screen actors, known for his breakthrough roles in films «Love Actually» , a romantic drama «About Time» and films of the series «Another World» . This summer he can be seen in the series «"Loyal or vindictive »" alongside Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham, and also starring in Hugo Blick's film «California Avenue» for the BBC, where he will star alongside Helena Bonham Carter.
He is represented by UTA, Independent Talent Group and Jackoway Austen.
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