Mel Gibson has joined the cast of the John Wick prequel series The Continental in the role of Cormac. The Lionsgate Television produced three-night event will tell the origin story of the hotel-for-assassins, which has been heavily featured in Keanu Reeves’ film franchise. Winston Scott, played by Ian McShane, runs the hotel in the movies, and through the eyes of a young Winston, the early years of the hotel are revealed. Currently, there is no word on who will play the part, but a few details have been released about the plot.
The Continental
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The three part series will take place in 1975, in New York, where Winston Scott must confront his past, which he thought he had left behind long ago. Aside from trying to take over the notorious hotel, which already has a reputation as a meeting place for the world’s most dangerous criminals, Winston also has to navigate the dark, deadly underworld of New York City, which sounds like it will carry over the tone of the Wick movies.
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The three part series will take place in 1975, in New York, where Winston Scott must confront his past, which he thought he had left behind long ago. Aside from trying to take over the notorious hotel, which already has a reputation as a meeting place for the world’s most dangerous criminals, Winston also has to navigate the dark, deadly underworld of New York City, which sounds like it will carry over the tone of the Wick movies.
Winston Scott is forced to confront the past that he thought he had long since left behind in a three part series set in 1975 in New York. Attempting to take control of the notorious hotel, which is a meeting place for criminals throughout the world, Winston must navigate his way through the dark and deadly underworld of New York City, which sounds like the series will definitely carry the tone of the Wick movies.
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The Continental Stars Colin Woodell As Young Winston The boom in big names appearing on small screens has led to many movie stars appearing on TV series, and despite making his debut on Australian drama The Sullivans in 1976, Mel Gibson has never been one to jump between the two like some of his peers. He quickly established a following in George Miller’s Mad Max and by the time he appeared in Lethal Weapon, the big screen was the only place to see him, as for a while the gulf between working for a TV network and a cinema was so wide the two never crossed.
There are no signs of people getting bored with Keanu Reeves’s dog loving assassin, since the fourth movie is currently shooting in countries across Europe and Japan. As for the John Wick saga, any TV event attached to the series, which has made over $600 million in its first three movies, is going to get a lot of attention. Initially, the films seemed like a standard, “hired killer comes out of retirement to avenge the death of a puppy” story, but it quickly found an audience and became an action behemoth that attracted big names with ease. The Continental has always been a presence in the story, being a place that Wick was banned from after disobeying the rule that there cannot be any murder within its walls.
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In an interview with Deadline earlier this year, Lionsgate TV’s Kevin Beggs discussed why he felt now was the right time to explore the hotel’s history. The franchise is so successful that it’s on its way to its fourth and fifth installments, he said. The film has an engaging mythology and the action is out of this world, so we feel the movie with Keanu Reeves – who is incredible in everything he does, but particularly good in this role – cries out to be on TV, just like the Marvel Universe and DC Universe from a television perspective are incredibly opportunities, so it’s our superhero franchise in the family.”
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