The Continental: From the World of John Wick‘s executive producer and director Albert Hughes made the trek to the San Diego Comic-Con in support of Peacock’s three-part prequel. Of course, the limited series’ stars weren’t part of the panel because of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, so Hughes was joined by executive producer Marshall Persinger, editor Ron Rosen, action director Larnell Stovall, and production designer Drew Boughton to discuss the John Wick prequel.
Comic-Con attendees were treated to a video clip from the three-part event series and were the first to learn part one arrives on September 22, 2023, followed by part two on September 29. The prequel concludes on October 6.
During the panel, Hughes offered this brief take on the event series: “1 is wild. 2 is wild. 3 is crazy.”
Hughes also assured action fans that they’ll be satisfied with the event series. “For the fans out there, we got you,” said Hughes. “Yes, we have longer-form storytelling, but if you set up something like that early with someone like Larnell (action director), you want to satiate the hardcore John Wick fans right away. Also, casual fans that will come and go this is wild, what’s going on here…”
The Continental stars Colin Woodell as the younger version of Ian McShane’s Winston Scott, and Ayomide Adegun stars as the young Charon, played by Lance Reddick. The cast also includes Mel Gibson as Cormac, Mishel Prada as KD, Ben Robson as Frankie, Hubert Point-Du Jour as Miles, Nhung Kate as Yen, Jessica Allain as Lou, Jeremy Bobb as Mayhew, and Peter Greene as Young Uncle Charlie.
The Plot, Courtesy of Peacock:
The three-part event will explore the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, as he’s dragged into the Hell-scape of 1970’s New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the hotel’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the hotel where he will eventually take his future throne.
