I cannot overstate how significant the Marilyn Manson track “Killing Strangers” is to the whole atmosphere of the film. Music is what gives John Wick its operative tension. As much as John Wick is an action flick, it’s also got built in suspense because of the “show the ending first then work up to it” framing employed. In totality, the mechanics of the script work to reinforce that narrative wherever possible. What the screenplay structure and film do best is assume that viewers will join the ride, buy into the ‘genre’ of a revenge flick. One of the things I looked for in this script was how many mentions of “music” were included. For fun and study I’ve listened to the Director’s Commentary track at least twice. These days I start at Chapter 3 when he gets off the bus because I’ve already seen the setup enough to know I don’t need it anymore. In 2017, it was reported that Kolstad has three major upcoming projects: John Wick 3: Parabellum, along with a live-action television adaptation of the Hitman franchise, and an action-thriller titled The Steward.“Even Julia Child fucks up the boulliabase from time to time” The Film - John Wick It was followed by a sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017, and a third film was announced soon after the release of the second.In addition to the movies, Kolstad also wrote the videogame John Wick: Chronicles and is participating in the John Wick comic book series.Kolstad lives in Pasadena, California with his wife Sonja and twin toddlers. The film went on to be a major box office and critical success. It was Reeves who suggested the name of the film change to John Wick after the title character who was named after Kolstad's grandfather. He then wrote another Dolph Lundgren film titled The Package.īy the end of 2012, Kolstad sold his other script, titled Scorn, to Thunder Road Pictures, and in April 2013, Keanu Reeves agreed to star in the film. After that, he got some writing and re-writing work, including work on One in the Chamber, starring Dolph Lundgren and Cuba Gooding Jr. He says he started writing films when he was a teenager, but he struggled for success in Hollywood at first.The first script he sold was called Acolyte, which was purchased by Voltage Pictures in June 2012. He moved to California at age 24 to pursue screenwriting. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Kolstad attended Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart and later studied business administration at Taylor University in Indiana. No blood on continental grounds, Rate this script: (4.13 / 8 votes)ĭerek Kolstad (born 1974) is an American screenwriter best known as the original creator of the John Wick film series.
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