They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action by Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman

Author:Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman [Gross, Edward & Altman, Mark A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Performing Arts, Film, Genres, Action & Adventure, Biography & Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781250278449
Google: mJc9EAAAQBAJ
Publisher: St.Martin's
Published: 2022-07-19T20:45:04+00:00

5 WITH A BULLET

“Whoever comes, whoever it is … I’ll kill them. I’ll kill them all.”

John Wick finished principal photography on December 20, 2013, just before the customary Christmas and New Year’s break. And while the filmmakers came out of the experience of production feeling that things went far smoother than anyone could have anticipated given the myriad obstacles that had been in their path throughout preproduction, there was still a great deal of apprehension about the film including whether it would get a domestic theatrical release. It was that feeling that permeated the production as they entered postproduction on January 10, 2014, in which the creative team would lock a cut of the film and seek domestic theatrical distribution for the movie.

DEREK KOLSTAD

(screenwriter, John Wick: Chapter 1 through Chapter 3)

We had around $30 million and Keanu Reeves—which is awesome, but it’s still an independent feature. That thing was tailored together by any number of financial means, including Keanu throwing in some of his own cash. When it was set up at Lionsgate, it was a very minimal deal, and it was because it did so well in the secondary and tertiary markets that we got Chapter 2. And once 2 happened and Chapter 3 happened, then it’s its own beast. So when people go, “Of course you knew.” Nooooooo—we had no idea, man.

BASIL IWANYK

(producer, John Wick: Chapter 1 through Chapter 4)

Postproduction was a big struggle. Remember, television has changed a lot since what I’m about to say, but if I gave you any kind of sense of what we all thought, Keanu was like, “I’m going to do television.” Chad went to go shoot second unit of a Sacha Baron Cohen movie in South Africa. This wasn’t, “Oh my God, we’re sitting on gold.” Everyone was like, “Time to activate plan B,” because we just didn’t know.

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