Chad Stahelski, creative soul of the John Wick saga, reveals his disappointment for the Prequel The Continental series and explains why he has not been able to capture the essence of the original universe

Although his name has been connected to every delivery of John Wick, the director Chad Stahelski took a distance from The continentalThe prequel series published in 2023. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Stahelski was clear: both he and Keanu Reeves contributed with ideas, but have been ignored.

“Keanu and I was … I wouldn’t say marginalized, but our opinion was listened to and not really taken into consideration,” he said.

The director criticized the studio approach to the spin-off, noting that they underestimated the creative work behind the franchise.

“They thought it was easy how to wear anamorphic lenses, creating a peculiar hotel, adding rare dialogues and inserting a criminal drama,” he explained. “If you delete Keanu’s peculiar form to present dialogues and all the images in my head … then it’s not the same.”

Stahelski stressed that original films are distinct for their artisan approach and constant evolution during the production process:

“This is what he does [las películas] Be so good and organic: we constantly improve. “

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