The sequel comes hot off the tail of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, a film that saw Wick fighting against an entire city’s worth of opposition as he desperately tries to escape New York. Due to his current status as “excommunicado,” Wick left Chapter 3 bloodied, injured, and ready to take on the High Table crime conglomerate with a newfound partner in The Bowery King.

Below, you’ll find everything you need to know about John Wick: Chapter 4, from its release date, to where it’s currently filming, to all those new cast members, and more.

The Trailer

The full-length trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 was released on November 10, 2022. Set to a slowed-down version of Terry Jacks‘ “Seasons in the Sun,” the trailer gives us our best look yet at the film’s stylistic violence, impressive ensemble, and where John Wick’s quest for vengeance will take him next.

When Is the ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Release Date?

John Wick: Chapter 4 was originally set to hit theaters on May 21, 2021, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic—as well as Reeves’ scheduling conflicts with The Matrix: Resurrections—the premiere date was pushed back a year to March 24, 2022. Right now, that’s where we are.

What Is the ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Plot?

According to the official trailer provided by Lionsgate, the plot synopsis is as follows:

“​​John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating the High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.”

Based on this description, we can expect a similar plot progression compared to the prior three John Wick films, with globetrotting action and fantastic stunt work. From the trailer, we get a brief glimpse of a handful of action sequences: John Wick on horseback in a searing orange desert, shooting down fleeing combatants; John Wick peeling out in front of the Arc de Triomphe, firing a handgun out from a doorless car; even a pair of nunchucks can be briefly seen, as John Wick rearranges someone’s face with them.

The film will pick up after the explosive ending to John Wick 3, which saw John completely separated from the assassin organization known as The High Table. The consortium’s leadership believes John is dead–thanks to Winston shooting him off the roof of a building–but he’s actually found himself injured and in the care of The Bowery King. Fishburne revealed that the upcoming film, like every entry before it, will strive to dig even deeper into the mythology and lore surrounding of this world.

“I read the script. It’s really, really cool. As much as it’s the same world as the other three films, it’s just deeper. It’s much deeper in terms of the code of the assassin and the relationship that he has with one character in particular…is really the heart and soul of it.”

In a recent interview with IndieWire, Stahelski was pretty adamant that no matter where John Wick: Chapter 4 is going, it will not have a happy ending.

“John may survive all this shit, but at the end of it, there’s no happy ending. He’s got nowhere to go. Honestly, I challenge you right now, here’s a question to you: How do you fucking want me to end it? Do you think he’s going to ride off into the fucking sunset? He’s killed 300 fucking people and he’s just going to [walk away], everything’s okay? He’s just going to fall in love with a love interest? If you’re this fucking guy, if this guy really exist[ed], how is this guy’s day going to end? He’s fucked for the rest of his life. It’s just a matter of time.”

The Cast

In addition to Reeves returning as the titular hitman, Stahalesky also recently confirmed Ian McShane would be returning for his fourth John Wick movie. “I couldn’t be happier than to welcome Ian McShane back to John Wick: Chapter 4,” the director said in a statement at the time. “He is not only an amazing actor but is an indispensable collaborator who has helped define the world of John Wick.”

Other familiar faces confirmed for the fourth entry are Lance Reddick and Laurence Fishburne. John Wick: Chapter 4 has also been quickly building an absolutely stacked crew of new cast members, including a trio of proven action badasses in Donnie Yen (Ip Man), Scott Adkins (Ninja: Shadow of a Tear), and Mark Zaror (Machete Kills), alongside horror’s scariest evil clown Bill Skarsgard (It), scene-stealing Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada (Mortal Kombat), Wynonna Earp favorite Shamier Anderson, Japanese-British singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama in her film debut, and the goddamn Kurgan himself, Clancy Brown.

When and Where Is ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Filming?

Back in June 2021, a text sent out to subscribers confirmed John Wick: Chapter 4 had started rolling cameras. “It’s begun. Consider this a professional courtesy. John Wick: Chapter 4 is now in production,” the text read. Shamier Anderson confirmed the production start later that day with an image from set.

Fantacytube exclusively learned that production on John Wick: Chapter 4 would largely take the action out of New York City, with filming primarily taking place in Berlin and Paris before additional photography takes place in Japan and New York. Additionally, we learned that Lionsgate’s original plan to shoot John Wick 4 and John Wick 5 back-to-back was put on hold due to the pandemic, and only John Wick 4 will be in the can by the end of the summer.

Who Are the Confirmed Characters ?

Keanu Reeves will, obviously, be playing the title role of John Wick, an assassin who wears the hell out of a suit and knows roughly 10,000 ways to make you be dead. McShane is reprising the role of Winston, owner of the New York Continental Hotel, who we last saw betraying John Wick with a bullet to the chest. Stahelski noted that he still thinks Winston’s intentions are up for interpretation. “He meant to shoot him,” the director told THR. “Did he mean to kill him? That’s open for interpretation, you can take it one of two ways, and that’s kind of where we pick up some of the unanswered questions in John Wick 4.”

Lance Reddick will reprise the role of Charon, the Continental’s steely concierge, while Fishburne will once again play the underground assassin leader, The Bowery King. The exact details on any new characters have been pretty scarce so far. Talking to Collider, Skarsgard said his role required no fight training but is “something different.” Shamier Anderson, on the other hand, has been posting a lot of behind-the-scenes looks at his intensive gun training, hinting that whoever his character might be, he’ll be in the thick of it alongside Wick. Marko Zaror, a stuntman and martial artist as well as an actor, will reportedly be one of John Wick’s “main adversaries” in the film.

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Surely you have all heard of the Vikings. The Vikings are a well-known Scandinavian naval community that raided, plundered, and traded in various parts of Europe. Because they are cruel, their methods of punishment are also severe. The Blood Eagle is arguably the Vikings’ worst punishment. In this article, we are going to talk about this punishment.

According to Viking legends, when the Vikings captured a city, their enemies were brutally tortured in the name of the god Odin. Considering the history of the Blood Eagle execution, an old report states punishment had been given in 867 AD.

Blood Eagle: the Vikings’ worst punishment

Speaking of this punishment, according to the most famous legend who is believed to have faced this punishment, The Vikings have punished King Aelle of Northumbria (Today part of United Kingdom) by Blood Eagle punishment. The reason he was sentenced to this was that he had killed by throwing Ragnar Lothbrok, a great leader of the Vikings into a pit containing snakes.

So in 865 AD, the sons of Ragnar invade England in retaliation. When the Danes captured York city, Ragnar’s son, Ivar the Boneless, made sure to kill Aelle. Not only did he really want to kill him, but he also wanted revenge for throwing his father into a snake pit. So Ivar wanted to scare his enemies with Aelle’s death. Thus, he sentenced to punish King Aelle with Blood Eagle.

How the Blood Eagle is executed

The victim’s arms and legs are tied to prevent him from escaping or suddenly slipping during this punishment. Then, the person who wants to revenge stabs the victim’s spine and ribs. After that, each rib is carefully removed from the spine with an ax. It completely displays the victim’s internal organs to the outside. The most important thing is that the victim is alive when the whole process is doing (Weak people can die during this process). And the worst part is that to increase the victim’s pain, the Vikings put salt in the gap between the wounds. It does not end there, and then the victim’s ribs are cut off and displays like a pair of wings. The torturer then pulls out the victim’s lungs and places them on the victim’s shoulder. At the end of it all, the victim looks like a bird, drenched in blood.

King Aelle was not the last one who had faced the punishment of the Blood Eagle. Historians believe that at least four other prominent figures in Northern European history suffered the same fate. King Edmund of England was also a victim of Ivar the Boneless. Halfdan the son of King Haraldr of Norway, King Maelgualai of Munster, and Archbishop Aelheah were also believed to had been tortured by Blood Eagle because they too were considered victims of Ivar.

Why did the Vikings use such a punishment?

The Vikings had two main reasons why they used Blood Eagle as a punishment method for their enemies. The first reason is that they believed in it as a sacrifice to Odin, the father of the Norse mythical gods and god of war.

The second and most plausible reason is the belief that Blood Eagle punishes people who do not deserve to be honored.

The Vikings did not use this method of punishment for only their opponents. It is also believed that the sentence was handed down to a member of their own group who committed a major offense. According to Viking beliefs. If the victim screams in pain while the sentence is in effect, they will not be able to enter Valhalla after death.

Blood Eagle punishment in the Vikings TV series

This sentence is used twice in the world-famous Vikings series, which aired on the History Channel.

The first scene was Ragnar used this punishment for Jarl Borg in season 2. And he faced his punishment bravely and he didn’t make any noise. Therefore, according to the belief of the Viking community, he will enter Valhalla.

The second scene had Ivar used this punishment for King Aelle in season 4.

And also Ubbe went to punish Naad with this punishment. But he did not do that because of Naad’s weak behavior.

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Physical Manifestations of the Speed Force

Lighting Colorations

Once a Speedster is in connection with the Speed Force, their speed is physically demonstrated by the flow of Lightning and Electricity from their bodies as well as they run. The color changes with each Speedster as they usually indicate the specific type of relationship they have achieved with the Speed Force.

Yellow – The Flash

Yellow lightning represents a pure or natural connection with the Speed Force. At the same time, as Speedsters like Barry Allen and Jay Garrick develop their powers, they eventually begin to show more orange color. That means when Speedsters develop their powers their lightning colors change too. Yellow color lightning is seen from,

Barry Allen, Jay Garrick, Jess Wells, Wally West, Bitzkerieg, Barry Allen from Earth-90, Bart Allen, Formerly from Hunter Zolomon (Zoom), and Eliza Harmon.

Red – Reverse Flash

Red lightning is usually the result of a Speedster connecting with an artificial Speed Force, such as the Negative Speed Force created by Eobard Thawne. Red lightning is being seen in Eobard as well as in Edward Clariss. Clariss does not know why he has red lightning, but Clariss may have activated his own hatred to join the unknown Speed Force. In addition, Speedsters such as Hunter Zolomon, who are being taken into the Speed Force by Time Wraiths, have also his lightning turned red.  

Blue – Zoom

Blue lightning generation is when a person artificially enhances an existing Speed Force connection or artificially accesses the Speed Force through a strong enough dose of the Velocity drug. As the user’s speed increases exponentially, as can be seen with accelerators such as Hunter Zolomon and Eliza Hormone, there are life-threatening side effects, including cell degeneration as well as personality breakdown. Blue lightning flashes from godspeed were also seen due to the Velocity-9 when he used to enhance his speed.

White – Savitar

Whit lightning is created by the Savitar who called himself as “God of Speed”, who is actually a remnant of Barry Allen. It was the result of his lightning reflecting through his armor when he runs while wearing it. It is also created by August Heart after using a combination of Velocity-9 and tachyons.

Purple – Iris

Purple lightning has been produced by, Nora West-Allen, “Accelerated Man” and after Matthew Kim temporarily handed over Barry’s powers to Iris West-Allen. Anyway, the cause of this lightning is currently unknown.

Yellow and Purple

Natural-born Speedster Nora West-Allen released a combination of yellow and purple colors lightning when she runs. But the cause of having multi-colored lightning was unknown. Iris, however, assumed that this may be due to a genetic factor; Nora’s father, Barry, generates from yellow lightning when he runs, and her mother, Iris, produced purple lightning when Barry’s speed shifted to her.

Red and Purple

Her yellow and purple lightning changed after Nora West-Allen ran into the Negative Speed Force. Her yellow lightning was changed to red and her purple lightning remained the same.

Dark

After Barry Allen was infected with black blood from Ramsey Rosso, Barry’s lightning turned ghostly white with a dark aura.

Green and White

After the Speed Force was infected by the Spectre’s Energy, all of the lightning flashes in the Speed Force turned into green and white.

Yellow and Blue

After Barry Allen took the Velocity-X serum, his lightning turned into yellow and blue with emitted the same sound zoom generated when he was running.

Red, Yellow and Blue

When the Speed Force has reborn and took the form of Nora Allen, it produced red, yellow, and blue lightning.

Eye transformation

Just as the colors of Speedsters’ lightning rods change accordingly to the nature of their connection with the Speed Force, so do the colors of their eyes.

Yellow lightning flickering: This is the sign of a natural connection with the Speed Force and sometimes manifests for users of Velocity before the serum begins to get worse them.

Red lightning flickering and Glowing red eyes: If any speedster has these types of eyes, it represents they have a connection with the Negative Speed Force.

Black eyes: The users of Velocity serum, after the serum, begins to get worse them, their eyes color’s transform to fully black color.

Black eyes after being infected by Ramsey Rosso: This is caused by a Speedster being infected by Ramsey Russo.

Disintegration

When the speedsters die their body and clothing splits into orange energy and they become a part of the Speed Force. Eobard Thawne also shattered and scattered orange, when he was caught by the Black Flash. But the exact Speed Force mechanism behind this is unknown.

Similar effects occur, but appear blue rather than orange, can be seen when a Speedster is erased from the timeline.

However, the same can happen to those who are not natural Speedsters and who claimed powers via the serums like Velocity, and that point the breakage happens more subtly. As seen with Eliza Harmon who is actually not a natural speedster (became a Speedster via Velocity serum), running too fast can also cause a speedster to fragment apart in a similar manner.

Time Wraiths

Time Wraiths are inter-dimensional such as corpses, who act to hunt down Speedsters who recklessly indiscriminately change the timeline without thinking about the consequences. They are relentless in their search for these kinds of speedsters and can travel through time and perhaps to other dimensions if necessary. They will not stop until hunting the Speedster.

They have the ability to absorb the powers of Speedsters and beat them easily. And also through physical contact, they are able to remove the energy of the target organism and age them to death. Their targets can also be dragged across dimensions, causing them to degenerate normally and begin to look like Time Wraith’s corpse and their lightning turns into red as well as some parts of their clothes can appear.

Hunter Zolomon (Zoom) is one of the most famous Speedster who was captured by Time Wraiths. Then he lost his humanity and free will and his body decayed. After that he became the “Black Flash” and he was a servant of the Speed Force.

Powers and abilities

The Speed force basically gives Speedsters the ability to move fast, but in addition, the Speed Force gives them many more powers.

Accelerated healing factor:

In addition to speed, this is another unique power provided by the Speed Force. Cause of this power, Speedsters have the ability to heal non-fatal injuries in a matter of hours. As the examples, with or without treatment, Speedsters can immediately heal injuries from accidents such as broken bones and burns.

Time travel:

The Speedsters can create a hole in the fabric of space-time and travel through time. They do this by entering the Speed ​​Force which is connected to all of time and space through the multiverse. If the timeline is changed by any speedster, he can keep all the memories of the previous timeline in addition to the new schedule and even recognize the difference between the two. If the timeline is changed by any speedster, he can keep all the memories of the previous timeline in addition to the new schedule and even recognize the difference between the two (But as he stabilizes in the new time frame, memories of his previous time frame gradually fade away. This ability is very dangerous as altering the events of the past, in general, can distort the present and the future, usually with a devastating outcome.

Lightning:

The Speedsters’ bodies generate electrical power when they run. The special thing is they can use this electricity as lightning to attack their target by running within a circular motion with enough intensity.

Intangibility  / Bodily vibration:

Cause of Speedsters’ enhanced movements, they can vibrate their bodies or parts. By using this ability the Speedsters’ can travel through the solid materials. As well as they can change their voice too. And also some speedsters have used their vibrations to punch through flesh and bone.

Also, the Speedsters have many more abilities from the Speed Force like Superhuman strength, Superhuman senses, Speed Force sharing, etc.

Speedsters’ Weaknesses

Cold temperatures:

Because Speedsters’ produce their speed by increasing the temperature of their atoms, extreme cold can cause to slow down the Speedsters. This temporarily impairs their healing ability.

Connection severance:

The Speedsters’ all abilities give by the Speed Force. So, if for some reason the Speedsters lose connection with the Speed Force, they lose all their abilities.

Speedster weapon:

A special type of weapons can fire an energy pulse that could render a speedster stunned and cut off from the Speed Force. However, the effects are only temporary.

The Speed Force’s Weakness

Nuclear explosion: If a nuclear bomb blasts in the Speed Force, it could destroy the Speed Force completely.

Imbalance of energy: an energy overload in the speed force can cause it to break down and “die.”

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