Ballerina Reshoot Reports Addressed By John Wick Spinoff Director

The Ballerina reshoots are addressed by the movie’s director. Set in the world of John Wick, Ballerina is an upcoming spinoff movie that sees Ana de Armas jump into the lead role, playing a female assassin. Said assassin goes on a mission for revenge, seeking justice against those who killed her family. In addition to de Armas, Ballerina features a leading cast including Keanu Reeves, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Houston, Gabriel Byrne, and Robert Maaser. It is directed by Len Wiseman and set for release on June 6, 2025.

Speaking with Empire, Wiseman explains what the reported “reshoots” of Ballerina really were. In his interview, Wiseman was asked to speak about Ballerina‘s development process, which notably took around seven years in total. Wiseman was quick to point out that the alleged “reshoots” were not “reshoots” at all, but “additional photography.” The director went on to explain that Ballerina‘s ability to do original photography was a product of the team getting “more money to put in some scenes” that were previously cut from the script. Check out the full quote from Wiseman below:

It wasn’t reshoots; [it was] additional photography. We got more money to put in some scenes that we had to cut from the script due to budget constraints, and then just to have more fun.

What This Means For Ballerina

Ballerina’s Filming Story Is Not Disheartening After All

This news comes after reports from earlier this year that Ballerina had undergone reshoots. At one point, it was even reported that John Wick franchise creator Chad Stahelski had to take over to play a “significant” role in reshooting the film. This claim was later disproven, as it was clarified that Stahelski instead came back just to “give it a little shine” in collaboration with Wiseman, adding some additional flare to the action scenes that the Ballerina team had already worked on.

Wiseman’s recent statement builds on this clarity from Stahelski to create a fuller picture of the situation. When people hear “reshoots,” it sounds worrying, as if something has gone so wrong on set that it has to be redone. Instead, it seems like this was a situation that Wiseman had much under control, and so under control that the film was ready to go even on a smaller budget originally. Now, the fact that Ballerina could go back and film additional scenes seems more like a positive sign that the studio was taking the movie more seriously.

Our Take On The Ballerina Reshoot Situation

It Is Not Entirely Optimistic

That said, the John Wick spinoff’s filming story is still not entirely hopeful. Though it is good that they were able to go back and film scenes that initially had to be cut for financial reasons, it makes me wonder what limitations the rest of those smaller-budget scenes had going on. For example, segments of action sequences might have needed to be cut for time and budget reasons, even if the whole scene was not cut. Hopefully, the extra scenes Wiseman was awarded only add to Ballerina, and do not create an end product that looks strangely pieced together.

Source: Empire

Set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Chapter 4, Ballerina follows assassin-in-training Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) as she seeks vengeance for her father’s murder.

Director

Len Wiseman

Release Date

June 6, 2025

Studio(s)

Summit Entertainment , Thunder Road Films , 87Eleven Productions

Distributor(s)

Lionsgate

Writers

Shay Hatten , Derek Kolstad

Cast

Ana De Armas , Keanu Reeves , Catalina Sandino Moreno , Anjelica Huston , Norman Reedus , Ian McShane , Lance Reddick , Gabriel Byrne , David Castaneda , Anne Parillaud , Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Character(s)

Eve , John Wick

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