Actor Bill Skarsgard is in talks to star in the upcoming `John Wick` film. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the fourth installment in the Lionsgate franchise will see actor Keanu Reeves return as a formerly retired hitman who finds himself stripped of the protection from a shadowy international assassins guild. Chad Stahelski is returning to helm the upcoming project from a script by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch. If finalised for the role, Skarsgard will join Reeves, Donnie Yen, and Japanese-British pop star Rina Sawayama in the fourth chapter.

The plan is to film the fourth and fifth `John Wick` installments back-to-back. `John Wick 4` is now scheduled for a Memorial Day weekend release on May 27, 2022, after being pushed back a year from May 21, 2021, due to the pandemic. `John Wick: Chapter 4` will be produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, and Stahelski. Reeves will serve as an executive producer along with Louise Rosner.