Ana de Armas will return to the big screen as the protagonist of Ballerina, The expected Spin-off of the John Wick franchise. Its world premiere has been confirmed for June 6, 2025, according to specialized cinema sites such as Photograms and Cinesa
The film marks the return of The actress to a leading role in an action film, after its papers in No time to die (2021) and Blonde (2022).
In Ballerina, De Armas plays Rooney, a young murderer trained by the criminal organization Ruska Romathat seeks to avenge the death of his family.
According to review Cinesa, Ballerina It seems to have been conceived as Ana de Armas.
The script, written by Shay Hatten – who already worked on John Wick: Chapter 3 and John Wick 4– Together with Derek Kolstad, original creator of the saga since its first installment in 2014, it is chronologically among the events of Parabellum (2019) and John Wick 4 (2023).
Behind Ballerina
In this new story, we know a young murderer who was trained since childhood by Ruska Roma, the same criminal organization that formed John Wick. Promoted by the need for justice, The protagonist undertakes a relentless search to discover who is behind the murder of her family.
The address is in charge of Len Wiseman, known for his work in the saga Underworldwhile the script has written by Shay Hatten, who also collaborated in previous installments of John Wick.
As a gesture to the continuity of the universe, Ballerina will feature Keanu Reeves’ participation in his iconic role of John Wickin addition to the return of Anjelica Huston as “the director” of Ruska Roma, Ian McShane as Winston and the late Lance Reddick as Charon.
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Originally scheduled for 2024, the release date was postponed for a year to perform new and more complex action scenes.
According to several media, the objective of the creative team was to reinforce the visual quality and impact of the physical sequences that have characterized the saga.
The choice of Ana de Armas as the protagonist of this new installment represents not only a significant step in his career, but also a turn to female leadership within the action cinema, a land historically dominated by male figures.
With its mixture of intensity, elegance and presence on the screen, Of arms is emerging as a natural heiress of the legacy left by John Wick And a key figure for the future expansion of the cinematographic universe, they refer to press media.
Ana de Armas in the John Wick Universe
According to Cinesasince 2019 Len Wiseman signed a contract to direct Ballerina And then there was talk of Lady Gaga or Chloë Grace Moretz as possible protagonists.
In April 2022 it was announced that Ana de Armas was Ballerina. In November the filming began.
As for the style, Cinesa He points out that it is not a production by Luc Besson, but his style reminds that of those intense action tapes that marked time, while his true inspiration comes from the John Wick universe.
The four films centered on the lethal murderer played by Keanu Reeves —John Wick (Another day for kill,(2014), John Wick: Blood Pact (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick 4 (2023) – They have become authentic cult films, with millions of fans worldwide.
The John Wick phenomenon has not only established itself, but has opened the door to new stories such as Ballerinawhich is born precisely from that success and also from the close professional relationship between Ana de Armas and Reeves.
In fact, Ana de Armas’s debut in Hollywood was next to Keanu Reeves in TOC TOC (2015), a disturbing horror film directed by Eli Roth.
In it, Reeves plays a man whose life becomes a nightmare after receiving the visit of two seductive young people – interpreted by De de Armas and the Chilean Lorenza Izzo – that drag him to a perverse and disturbing game.
Action star of the year
Precisely for your performance in Ballerina, The popular Cuban actress received in Las Vegas at the beginning of April Year Action Award of the Cinemacon 2025, becoming the first woman to receive it.
In an interview with the American magazine Variety, De Armas revealed that both the training and the shooting program have been intense and meticulously planned, with a strong approach to the control of caloric expenditure and the recovery of the body.
“When you train at this level, everything counts: food, rest, massages, physiotherapy. If you do not recover well, you are lost. The intensity is very demanding,” he said of weapons, born in Havana in 1988, who began his acting career at age 16 in the Hispanocubana film A rose of France (2006), a romantic drama filmed in its hometown.
Ana de Armas has made it clear that her character in Ballerina It is not simply a female version of John Wick.
As explained, the film seeks to contribute a new and different perspective within the universe of action starring Keanu Reeves.
