Mel Gibson To Star In John Wick Prequel Series The Continental
Veteran actor Mel Gisbon has been roped in to play a pivotal role in the “John Wick” prequel series “The Continental” for Starz and Lionsgate Television.
Veteran
actor
Mel
Gisbon
has
been
roped
in
to
play
a
pivotal
role
in
the
“John
Wick”
prequel
series
“The
Continental”
for
Starz
and
Lionsgate
Television.
The
show,
originally
ordered
in
2018,
focuses
on
the
inner
workings
of
the
titular
hotel
from
the
film
franchise,
which
is
a
refuge
for
assassins.
It
will
explore
the
origin
behind
the
hotel-for-assassins
through
the
eyes
and
actions
of
a
young
Winston
Scott,
who
is
dragged
into
the
Hell-scape
of
a
1975
New
York
City
to
face
a
past
he
thought
he’d
left
behind.
"Winston
charts
a
deadly
course
through
the
New
York’s
mysterious
underworld
in
a
harrowing
attempt
to
seize
the
iconic
hotel,
which
serves
as
the
meeting
point
for
the
world’s
most
dangerous
criminals," the
plotline
reads.
According
to
Deadline,
Gibson
will
play
a
new
character
named
Cormac,
though
no
further
details
are
available
about
his
role.
“The
Continental”
will
be
a
three-night
event
series
but
no
premiere
date
is
currently
set.
Greg
Coolidge
and
Kirk
Ward
are
writing
the
series
and
will
serve
as
showrunners
as
well
as
executive
producers.
Chad
Stahelski,
Derek
Kolstad,
David
Leitch,
Shawn
Simmons,
Paul
Wernick,
and
Rhett
Reese
are
all
executive
producing
along
with
Basil
Iwanyk
and
Erica
Lee
of
Thunder
Road
Pictures.
"The
Continental" will
be
the
first
series
based
on
the
Keanu
Reeves-led
"John
Wick"
film
trilogy,
which
has
has
grossed
almost
USD
600
million
worldwide.
All
the
three
films
have
been
scripted
by
Kolstad
and
directed
by
Stahelski.
They
are
currently
filming
"John
Wick:
Chapter
Four"
with
Reeves
reprising
his
assassin
character.
Actor
Ian
McShane
plays
the
older
version
of
Winston
in
the
movies.