At a recent Morgan Stanley media conference, Lionsgate’s Vice Chairman Michael Burns let everyone in on the plan. He mentioned that they’re working on bringing both a Twilight animated series and a John Wick TV show to the screen, commenting on the projects:
“We’re going to go out with the ‘Twilight’ series, an animated series, I think there’ll be a lot of interest in that. I think we’ll take one of our great action franchises starring Keanu Reeves, I think it’ll be a television series.”
News Confirmed The Rumors
Remember when we heard rumors about a ‘Twilight’ series last April? Well, it turns out those rumors were true. The project has been in the works for a while, and it was always meant to be animated.
As for ‘John Wick,’ this announcement follows the prequel series ‘The Continental,’ which was made up of three one-and-a-half-hour movies. Talking about the event, which came out in October 2023, Burns said:
“We ended up making a very relatively short-term deal on that show with Peacock and Amazon.”
Original Projects Were A Success
The ‘John Wick’ movies, led by Keanu Reeves, have been a huge hit, raking in over $1 billion worldwide.
Ending on another high note, the ‘Twilight’ movies, based on Stephanie Meyer’s books, have been incredibly successful. With the last movie, ‘Breaking Dawn: Part 2,’ the series has earned over $3.4 billion globally. It also made stars out of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.
