The premiere date for Peacock‘s upcoming John Wick spin-off/prequel collection The Continental has been revealed.
Whereas it has lengthy been recognized that The Continental would bow in September, Deadline now brings phrase of a selected debut date. The primary episode of the three-part collection will arrive on Peacock on Friday, Sept. 22. Episode 2 will observe go well with on Sept. 29. The third and last episode of The Continental will then hit Peacock on Oct. 6.
What’s The Continental about?
Peacock’s The Continental focuses on the eponymous resort, which serves as each a protected haven for assassins and the centerpiece of the John Wick franchise. Set in opposition to the backdrop of New York Metropolis within the Nineteen Seventies, the collection follows a younger Winston Scott (Colin Woodell) as his previous comes again to hang-out him. (Ian McShane beforehand performed an older Winston within the fashionable day-set John Wick movies.)
“The 4 Wick movies happen over a three-month span … John is both chasing, or being chased. There was no time to take a breath, to permit the viewers to dig deeper into the world and its denizens,” govt producer Basil Iwankyk stated.
“In our present, The Continental, we lastly have house to discover these characters, how they grew to become who they’re, and the way The Continental grew to become the epicenter of this world,” Iwankyk continued. “Mix that with introducing new characters which can be as compelling as any within the John Wick universe. Motion that’s loopy cool and ingenious. Easter eggs that can excite the hardcore Wick followers. And what I really like probably the most: a imaginative and prescient of ‘70s New York that embodies the sexiness, edginess, and visceral type that the franchise is thought for. This present will look/sound/odor cooler than any present on the market.”
The Continental: From the World of John Wick premieres Sept. 22 on Peacock.
