‘John Wick’ spin-off ‘Ballerina’ drops Elton John-backed first trailer
The first trailer for Ballerina, a John Wick spin-off film, has been released – watch it below.
Ballerina is the first feature-length spin-off film set in the John Wick universe, following the spin-off series The Continental. The upcoming film stars Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro, a ballerina who is trained to be an assassin in hopes of avenging the death of her family.
The trailer – which is aptly backed by Elton John‘s ‘Tiny Dancer’ – sees the return of several faces including Ian McShane’s Winston and the late Lance Reddick‘s Charon, who take in a young Macarro and begin training her to be an assassin.
The film is set after the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, with Macarro seeking revenge agains the people who killed her family. The end of the trailer also sees Keanu Reeves‘ John Wick returning, though the extent of his role in the film remains unknown.
Watch the trailer for Ballerina below.
Ballerina is due to hit cinemas in the UK on June 6, 2025.
While the upcoming film marks Ana de Armas’ introduction to the John Wick universe, it will be the second time the character of Eve Maccaro appears in the franchise. Macarro first appeared in Parabellum, but was then portrayed by American ballet dancer Unity Phelan.
Ballerina marks the fifth John Wick film, and the first since 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4. In a four-star review of John Wick: Chapter 4 for NME, Jesse Hassenger wrote: “Chapter 4 doesn’t exude the wheel-spinning cynicism of a forever franchise. Stahelski may traffic in excess, but at least he understands it: how choreography, performance and style can make over-the-top spectacle cohere into pleasurably overwhelming action fizz, rather than congealing into a sweaty special effects overload. He also gets that after 169 minutes, some degree of closure is appreciated. There may well be a Chapter 5 but Chapter 4 still feels like a movie giving its all.”
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Surej Singh
NME
