Final John Wick Spin-Off Footage Is All Guns and Glory

We’re only three weeks away from From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, the Ana de Armas–starring spin-off set to inject a new but familiar dose of bullet ballet into the John Wick franchise, and Lionsgate has just dropped the final trailer ahead of its June 6, 2025, release.

Ballerna is set around the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. In that 2019 installment, Keanu Reeves’ eponymous assassin was declared “excommunicado” by the High Table (crime bosses who run the assassin community) after he killed crime lord Santino D’Antonio at the Continental Hotel. Hunted by every assassin in New York and with a $14 million bounty on his head, John Wick ran for his life across Manhattan. He eventually crossed the path of the Ruska Roma crime family, led by a woman known only as the Director (Anjelica Huston).

The director and her protégés weren’t just ballerinas — they were ballerina assassins, and their headquarters doubled as a training facility for young women. A young girl briefly danced on stage in Parabellum; that character, named Eve Macarro, is the protagonist of Ballerina. Ana de Armas plays Eve.

Some familiar faces return in Ballerina. Huston and Ian McShane both reprise their roles from the Wick films as the Director and Winston, the Continental’s manager, respectively. The late Lance Reddick (who died in March 2023) also makes a final appearance, reprising his role as Charon, the Continental’s highly efficient concierge.

On the other hand, we have new faces, too. Gabriel Byrne, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, and Norman Reedus all join the cast, along with Catalina Sandino Moreno and David Castañeda. Byrne plays the antagonist of the film, a character called Chancellor. Duncan-Brewster plays Eve’s instructor, Nogi; Reedus plays Daniel Pine.

The Story and Showdown Teasers

The first trailer for Ballerina dropped in September 2024 and focuses on who Eve is and how she got to this point. She’s an orphan who was adopted by the Director and became a member of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate. Her goal is revenge on the men who slaughtered her father.

The second trailer, which dropped in March 2025, offered fans a glimpse of John Wick. We see Eve and Wick meet in a snowy locale in a moody sequence. The meeting is the first of many, and while they may not make friends, they will certainly have more screen time together than most of the other assassins in New York at that moment in time.

The latest trailer goes for the throat — or, more specifically, the gunsights of John Wick’s trademark Desert Eagle. The camera cuts to Eve as she looks up, and she is in Wick’s sights, the camera then pans back to Wick as he looks at Eve. Cue new and previously seen footage, and you have a trailer that captures Ballerina’s essence. Bloodthirsty, balletic, relentless, and without remorse.

Ana de Armas takes center stage in the trailer with several fight sequences that see her take on multiple assailants at once. Each set piece has that meticulous choreography and inventive staging that made the Wick films so compelling; the only difference now is the focus on the central female protagonist. You also have a de Armas that is giving a more physical performance, learning how to move and fight like one of the best ballerina assassins in New York.

The only line in the trailer also gives fans a clear idea of the protagonist’s motivations: “This isn’t done until they’re dead.” With Wick’s inclusion in the storyline, there is a balance between something more personal and intimate and something on a much larger scale.

With new elements introduced in this spin-off, Ballerina should still reflect the previous Wick films in terms of tone. The choreography is still very tight, the direction slick and cool, and the world is at least as detailed in its lore, both seen and implied, as its predecessors.

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina dances to a theater near you on June 6, 2025.