TheBallerinareshoots are addressed by the movie’s director. Set in the world ofJohn Wick,Ballerinais an upcoming spinoff movie that sees Ana de Armas jump into the lead role, playing a female assassin. Said assassin goes on a mission for revenge, seeking justice against those who killed her family. In addition to de Armas,Ballerinafeatures a leading castincluding Keanu Reeves, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Houston, Gabriel Byrne, and Robert Maaser. It is directed by Len Wiseman and set for release on August 01, 2025.
Speaking withEmpire, Wiseman explains what the reported “reshoots” ofBallerinareally were. In his interview, Wiseman was asked to speak aboutBallerina’s development process, which notably took around seven years in total. Wiseman was quick to point outthat the alleged “reshoots” were not “reshoots” at all, but “additional photography.“The director went on to explain thatBallerina’s ability to do original photography was a product of the team getting “more money to put in some scenes” that were previously cut from the script. Check out the full quote from Wiseman below:
It wasn’t reshoots; [it was] additional photography. We got more money to put in some scenes that we had to cut from the script due to budget constraints, and then just to have more fun.
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Ballerina’s Filming Story Is Not Disheartening After All
This news comes after reports from earlier this year thatBallerinahad undergone reshoots. At one point, it was even reported thatJohn Wickfranchise creator Chad Stahelski had to take over to play a “significant” role in reshooting the film. This claim was later disproven, as it was clarified thatStahelski instead came back just to “give it a little shine” in collaboration with Wiseman, adding some additional flare to the action scenes that theBallerinateam had already worked on.
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Wiseman’s recent statement builds on this clarity from Stahelski to create a fuller picture of the situation. When people hear “reshoots,” it sounds worrying, as if something has gone so wrong on set that it has to be redone. Instead, it seems like this was a situation that Wiseman had much under control, and so under control that the film was ready to go even on a smaller budget originally. Now, the fact thatBallerinacould go back and film additional scenes seems more like a positive sign that the studio was taking the movie more seriously.
Our Take On The Ballerina Reshoot Situation
It Is Not Entirely Optimistic
That said, theJohn Wickspinoff’s filming story is still not entirely hopeful. Though it is good that they were able to go back and film scenes that initially had to be cut for financial reasons, it makes me wonder what limitations the rest of those smaller-budget scenes had going on. For example, segments of action sequences might have needed to be cut for time and budget reasons, even if the whole scene was not cut. Hopefully, the extra scenes Wiseman was awarded only add toBallerina, and do not create an end product that looks strangely pieced together.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Cast
Ballerina follows Eve Macarro during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, as she undergoes rigorous training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. The film expands on the John Wick universe, charting Eve’s initiation into the clandestine world of professional assassins.
