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As the first season of Peacock’s John Wick universe spin-off series The Continental comes to an end with the third and final episode Theatre of Pain, viewers can’t help but feel discontent as to how hastily the finale wrapped up the narrative. Previously, viewers learned how Winston’s elder brother, the ‘Nam war vet Frankie Scott, undertook the dangerous mission of stealing the High Table coin press from New York Continental in order to earn a life of freedom with his wife, Yen, inciting the ire of his mob boss and Continental manager Cormac O’Conner in the process. Winston got tangled up in that mess as well, and he had to witness his brother sacrifice his life to save him and Yen. A vengeful Winston decided to take revenge and put an end to the sordid history the Scott brothers shared with Cormac, and in order to do so,...

This article contains spoilers for The Continental: From The World Of John Wick.

Fresh off this year’s John Wick: Chapter 4 comes the spinoff prequel television series The Continental: From the World of John Wick, developed for television by Greg Coolidge, Kirk Ward, and Shawn Simmons. Running for three feature-length episodes on Peacock, the series follows the adventures of Winston Scott (Colin Woodell), the future head of the eponymous New York hotel that serves as a safe haven to a shadowy order of global assassins. Set decades before the John Wick films, Winston finds himself on his vendetta as he is drawn deeper into the lethal world of assassins, taking on the Continental’s ‘70s proprietor Cormac O’Connor (Mel Gibson).

Filled with explosive gunfights and a quiet expansion of the John Wick shared cinematic universe, The Continental depicts a rise to power for Winston while proving him every inch as deadly as John Wick himself.

The Continental director Albert Hughes shared the reason why he felt pressured by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two while filming Lionsgate’s John Wick spinoff series.

Before making its series debut last Sept. 22, Lionsgate Television unveiled the opening action sequence from the first episode, which introduced fans to Winston’s older brother Frankie Scott, portrayed by Ben Robson. Speaking with EW, Hughes revealed behind-the-scenes details regarding the production of the spinoff’s elaborate opening heist sequence, which took stunt coordinator Larnell Stovall 10 hours to film. Afterward, Stovall returned the directing hat to Hughes, who was the one that oversaw the filming of Frankie’s daring escape from The Continental hotel.

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However, The Book of Eli filmmaker wasn’t able to immediately wrap up the scene, as he encountered a slight delay with the exterior set.

The first entry in the John Wick extended universe begins with a long-haired man in a black suit blasting his way through the hallways of a New York City hotel. At first, it’s comforting to return to such familiar territory, but it soon becomes clear that while the name above the door might still say “The Continental,” this isn’t the luxuriously styled, endlessly idiosyncratic world we’ve come to know from the four John Wick films. Rather, The Continental is the equivalent of a budget hotel: cheap, charmless, and generic.

In the Peacock series, the man in the suit isn’t Keanu Reeves’s John Wick, but a new character named Frankie Scott (Ben Robson). He concludes his one-man assault on the Continental by disappearing into the night with an invaluable piece of hotel property, much to the chagrin of manager Cormac (Mel Gibson), a keyed-up psychopath with...

The Continental is set to spin off the John Wick franchise in big ways. The franchise has come a long way since it debuted in 2014. John Wick reinvigorated the career of star Keanu Reeves. The film's plot involved Reeves’ hit man, the titular John Wick, being unceremoniously forced out of retirement by the reckless act of a gangster’s son. The film was a modest hit financially, grossing $43 million at the domestic box office, along with another 43 million dollars worldwide. A return to the basic plot conventions of a lean and mean revenge thriller combined with excellent camera work and stunt coordination struck a nerve with audiences. Word of mouth propelled John Wick to many must-see lists in 2014.

The rest is history as the action film has spawned three sequels, the most recent of which was John Wick: Chapter 4, which came out on March 24, 2023, and is one of the biggest movies of the year,...

Peacock has finally released the first trailer for the upcoming John Wick spin-off series. The Continental: From the World of John Wick will focus on a young Winston as he establishes himself as the owner of The Continental Hotel of New York City in the 1970s. The series will see Winston taking on a dangerous opponent, which will force him to face his past, which he thought he had left behind.

The John Wick series stars Colin Woodell as the young Winston Scott with Ayomide Adegun taking on the role of a young Charon. The Continental also stars Mel Gibson as Cormac, Misha Prada as NYPD detective Kd, Jeremy Bobb as Mayhew, Jessica Allain as Lou, Hubert Point-Du Jour as Miles, Nhung Kate as Yen, and Ben Robson as Frankie Scott.

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Created by Greg Coolidge, Shawn Simmons, and Kirk Ward, The Continental is executive produced by Coolidge, Ward,...

We’ll be returning to the world of John Wick next month, but it won’t be quite the same as we remember. The Continental: From the World of John Wick takes us to ’70s New York and stars Colin Woodell as a young Winston Scott, the character played by Ian McShane in the movies.

While speaking with Empire (prior to the SAG strike), Colin Woodell teases just how different his version of Winston Scott is in The Continental. “It’s a story of revenge and making amends for what I think is taken from [my character], and that’s my love and my family,” Woodell said. “I love Ian’s embellishment [of the character], and how delicious everything is. To some degree we begin to get there at the end [of The Continental] and you understand what motivates him, but I didn’t get to really participate in that deliciousness.“

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Mel Gibson joins the cast of "The Continental" as Cormac, a villainous criminal kingpin who manages The Continental Hotel in New York City. Cormac is a complex character who serves as both a mentor and tormentor to Winston and Charon, but they eventually see his true colors. Gibson's controversial past has raised concerns about his casting, but the producer of "The Continental" has defended the decision and made no comments about Gibson's controversies.

The Continental: From the World of John Wick cast Mel Gibson as Cormac, and here’s who his character is in this John Wick prequel. The universe of John Wick is expanding beyond the big screen with the prequel miniseries The Continental, which will take the audience to the title hotel that they have come to know well through the John Wick films. The Continental is scheduled for a September 22, 2023 release on Peacock, and it’s...

Audiences at San Diego Comic-Con got an exclusive first look at The Continental: From the World of John Wick, but we’ll have to settle for the official release date. The upcoming three-part event series will be streaming on Peacock and follows a young Winston Scott as he’s dragged into the hell-scape of 1970s New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. The streaming service revealed that the official release date for The Continental is just two short months away.

The Continental: From the World of John Wick will premiere on Peacock on September 22nd, followed by the release of Night 2 on September 29th and Night 3 on October 6th.

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“The three-part event will explore the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick...

New images have been released for the John Wick prequel series, The Continental: From the World of John Wick.

According to Collider, the images provide a first look at the wider cast of the show, including Mel Gibson, who plays the role of crime kingpin Cormac. The Continental focuses on Winston Scott, played by Colin Woodell, John Wick's friend, colleague, and confidante. The series explores Winston's early years and his journey to becoming the proprietor of The Continental Hotel in the 1970s, which serves as a sanctuary for assassins. The show aims to provide an intriguing backstory for this character.

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The recently unveiled images also introduce Ayomide Adegun as Charon, a role previously played by Lance Reddick. Charon is depicted as a trusted assistant to Cormac, and his loyalties will be tested throughout the series as he grapples with conflicting loyalties.

Academy Award winner and controversial Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson will soon the world of John Wick in the upcoming prequel series, The Continental: From the World of John Wick. Now, Gibson has discussed joining the project and revealed several details regarding his character, the ruthless criminal kingpin, Cormac in an interview done ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

“He's kind of like [Winston and Charon’s] mentor, or actually, mentor or tormentor, I'm not sure which. But he's rather a nefarious character who's like a father figure to them, and they perceive him that way when they're young, but as they grow and begin to analyse who he really is, they realise he's probably not the father figure he pretends to be. He's pretty selfish in his own motives, and has used them in an ill way, and I think they're burned by that and they want to get even. Rightly so.”

Described as “an intimidating force,...