Show Notes
From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina boldly asks the question: what if a 23 year old wrote a script inspired by the trailer for John Wick Chapter 2, and that script then got turned into a John Wick spin-off?
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CLIPS USED: From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina (dir. Len Wiseman, 2025) John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (dir. Chad Stahelski, 2019) John Wick Chapter 4 (dir. Chad Stahelski, 2023) Wick is Pain (dir. Jeffrey Doe, 2025) From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Trailers From The World of John Wick: Ballerina Full Cast and Crew Interviews Chad Stahelski: ‘John Wick’ - It Happened In Hollywood The Empire Podcast #24 (2013) - Len Wiseman & Robert Webb Ballerina’s Norman Reedus & Director Len Wiseman Talk Reshoot l Interview BBC’s The One Show: Ian McShane
MUSIC
"Galactic Rap", “Bicycle", “Mesmerizing Galaxy Loop", "Rising Tide”, “Volatile Reaction”, “Crypto”, “Simplex”, “Intuit256, “Danse Macbre”, “Divertissment”, “Unwritten Return”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Hiding Your Reality”, "Loopster", "Floating Cities", "I Can Feel It Coming", "Unanswered Questions", "BlacKk Vortex", "Cephalopod", "Crypto" & "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“Suspended Animation” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Vivaldi's Winter by PM Music
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