The Continental Trailer Consists of Dynamite Callback To Keanu Reeves’ John Wick, Teases How Winston Took Management Of The Murderer Resort

To this point the world of John Wick has consisted of 4 films, all revolving round Keanu Reeves’ titular character. That lastly modifications this September with the discharge of The Continental, a three-part miniseries for Peacock subscribers specializing in the origins of Winston Scott, who’s been performed within the current day by Ian McShane, and whose Nineteen Seventies self shall be dropped at life by Colin Woodell. Though a teaser for The Continental dropped again in Might, the primary full trailer for this prequel story has arrived, and together with teasing how Winston took management of the murderer lodge, it features a dynamite John Wick callback.

Let’s begin off with the callback first. Again in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the New York department of The Continental was briefly deconsecrated when Winston refused to abdicate and John refused to kill his ally on behalf of The Elder. As such, earlier than armed goons in service to The Excessive Desk arrived, John advised Winston that he wanted “weapons… a number of weapons” in order that they may correctly defend himself. In fact, these are the very same phrases that had been mentioned 20 years earlier in The Matrix, one other film starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne, however in The Continental’s case, listening to Winston say them in a determined time of want extra properly in relation to Parabellum. As a bonus, it’s additionally a pleasant wink to listen to Winston say on the finish of the trailer, “And away we go,” which is what he uttered firstly of Parabellum when the doubled bounty on John was activated.