Over the course of two films, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) has proven that he's damn near a one-man army, but the stakes have been risen considerably in JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM and he may need a little help. Lionsgate has released a new clip from the upcoming film which finds John seeking assistance from Sofia (Halle Berry), a close friend and fellow assassin who also shares his affinity for canines.
As we've seen in the trailers for JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, Sofia's dogs will be getting in on the action, and director Chad Stahelski has explained that Halle Berry was quite involved in the training process. "We didn’t want a trainer hiding behind a set piece or a prop or something like that. We wanted Halle—or, Sophia, our character—to be our on-screen dog trainer," Stahelski said. "So it wasn’t acting like these were her dogs, these actually were her dogs. When we cast Halle we had the big talk. Halle actually came, after all her fight rehearsals and gun rehearsals, she would go sit, and work, and play with the dogs for months on end so the dogs on-screen actually obey Halle. They’re not looking at a trainer. That was really fun."
The official synopsis for JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM:
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ordered the open contract. John should have already been executed, except the Continental’s manager, Winston, has given him a one-hour grace period before he’s “Excommunicado” – membership revoked, banned from all services and cut off from other members. John uses the service industry to stay alive as he fights and kills his way out of New York City.
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM will hit theaters on May 17, 2019.