Could Halle Berry take center stage in a John Wick spinoff?
via: Cinemablend
Given the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4, it still remains to be seen if this franchise’s main film series will continue with John Wick: Chapter 5 or if this is indeed the end for Keanu Reeves’ title character. Fortunately, this fictional world will continue expanding thanks to spinoffs, including the 2025 movie release of John Wick Presents: Ballerina and a movie focused on Donnie Yen’s Cain. There’s also been talk of Halle Berry’s character Sofia Al-Azwar, who was introduced in John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum, getting her own spinoff and the actress is still game for this provided it happens sooner rather than later.
While Berry was talking about her new movie Never Let Go, which is now playing on the 2024 release schedule, with THR, interviewer Brian Davids brought up how he’d been expecting John Wick: Chapter 4 to bring Sofia back, specifically envisioning that she and John would have been “racing to protect her daughter.” When Davids asked Berry if she ever let herself “think that far ahead in terms of where things could go,” she answered:
To be fair, there are a lot of characters in the John Wick franchise who only appeared in one movie, with the only regular players being Ian McShane’s Winston, Lance Reddick’s Charon and Laurence Fishburne’s The Bowery King starting with Chapter 2. So it’s not entirely shocking that Sofia didn’t resurface in Chapter 4 following she and John going their separate ways in Casablanca, but I agree with Halle Berry that it would have been cool to see her return. Maybe if Sofia had been around in the fourth John Wick movie, his battle with the Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont would have been a little easier.
It’s been five years since John Wick 3 was released in theaters, and as Berry made clear, she’s still open to reprising Sofia in a spinoff, but the clock is ticking on how long she’s willing to wait around for that opportunity. For now though, she’s game for if director Chad Stahelski pitched her said spinoff movie or a limited series, saying:
Along with Ballerina and the Caine movie, there’s also a TV series in development called John: Wick: Under the High Table, which will take place after Chapter 4 and follow new characters who attempt to bring down this criminal organization. Let’s be clear, given Halle Berry’s star power, a Sofia spinoff movie should definitely be under serious consideration. However, if for whatever reason that’s not in the cards, maybe she can be squeezed into the Caine movie or Under the High Table in a supporting or even co-lead role. I’d include Ballerina too, but that movie’s already locked in following its principal photography period and reshoots.
Needless to say we’ll let you know if Halle Berry returns to the John Wick universe in any capacity. Until then, check out the actress’ critically-lauded performance as Momma in Never Let Go now.
Halle Berry's backstory in Parabellum definitely warrants her very own spinoff. It would definitely make up for the Jinx spinoff we were supposed to get after the success of the Bond film Die Another Day.
If we're getting a Ballerina film with Ana de Armas which is based off a character that appeared in Parabellum, and Donnie Yen's Caine character from John Wick 4 is getting a spinoff, why can't Halle get her own film?
I do agree that it needs to happen sooner than later, because while Halle looks as youthful than ever on the outside, she's not getting any younger.
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