Chad Stahelski, the director of all 4 John Wick motion pictures starring Keanu Reeves, is seeking to department out from the franchise and work on new motion initiatives. Even with John Wick 5 now formally in growth, the director desires to do one thing new together with his profession. So what does Stahelski wish to direct subsequent? A warfare film? A heist? A 00s-style romcom? Nope. Anime! Stahelski not too long ago lent his motion design abilities to Shinichiro Watanabe’s (Cowboy Bebop) latest collection, Lazarus. It seems as if Stahelski has caught the anime bug… or perhaps he had all of it alongside.
Throughout a latest interview with Polygon to advertise Lazarus, Chad Stahelski revealed that he’s a lifelong fan of anime, and he had wished to enterprise into the medium a lot earlier in his profession. “I am jealous,” the director stated of the creative expertise of animators. “If I may draw a 3rd nearly as good, an eighth nearly as good as Watanabe-san, the sh*t that may come out of my f*cking head… if I may get it down, I’d by no means go away this room.” The primary episode of Lazarus not too long ago aired on Grownup Swim (and is streaming on the Max app) and it showcased Stahelski’s gorgeous motion design which blended the realism of John Wick with the liberty discovered inside anime.
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Waiting for the long run, Chad Stahelski stated he’s determined to work on extra anime. “If I may get away with it, having a profession in anime as an motion design man would not be a foul gig,” he revealed. “I want extra individuals would ask us to do it. I am shocked we have not, I am sort of bummed. I want extra individuals would name about it.” Fortunately, Stahelski’s dream is coming true. In addition to John Wick 5, the director can be growing a brand new John Wick prequel anime, which is able to discover how the titular murderer managed to retire and quiet down together with his spouse.
Chad Stahelski Labored on ‘Lazarus’ for Free
Lazarus is not the primary anime Chad Stahelski has labored on, having beforehand designed the motion for Fist of the North Star and Ninja Kamui. Nevertheless, Shinichiro Watanabe revealed that Stahelski provided to work on Lazarus fully freed from cost, because the anime visionary’s previous works, together with Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, have been main influences on John Wick.
Talking to Anime Information Community, Watanabe defined how Chad Stahelski got here on board to design the motion for Lazarus. “I requested if perhaps his staff may give us tips about find out how to create motion scenes like them,” the director stated. “However as a substitute, they went, ‘Depart it to us! We’ll do the choreography for you!’ We have been a bit involved about how a lot this mission was going to price us. Chad stated within the name, ‘Don’t fear about the fee. Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo have impressed me for years. Let me do that for you.'”
Lazarus is ready in a futuristic world the place a revolutionary painkiller has freed humanity from illness. However, after disappearing for 3 years, the drug’s creator, Dr. Skinner, reveals that everybody who took it should quickly die, except they’ll discover him inside 30 days to gather the antidote. New episodes of Lazarus might be launched weekly on Grownup Swim.
Supply: Polygon, Anime Information Community