Ahead of its June 6 release, the John Wick spin-off Ballerina (full title: From the World of John Wick: Ballerina ) was plagued by negative rumors. The movie was filmed in late 2022, but there was additional shooting in 2024, leading some to speculate that what was originally filmed was a disaster. It was whispered (slash reported on blogs) that director Len Wiseman had been quietly replaced by John Wick director Chad Stahelski, and that the film’s studio, Lionsgate, demanded more Keanu Reeves (who plays prodigious assassin John Wick) to make a troubled film more sellable.

Wiseman has since dispelled those rumors , saying that what were called “reshoots”—a term that might suggest a faulty original product—were actually additive elements greenlit by a studio that was very e

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