Keanu Reeves is about to get even busier.
The John Wall leading man is set to develop a live-action film and follow-up anime series for Netflix:
Exciting news! Netflix is developing a live action film AND follow-up anime series based on Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR, a brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 year fight through the ages. Reeves will produce and star in the film, and voice the anime. pic.twitter.com/RVWEuBCXTJ
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) March 22, 2021
The productions are based upon Reeves' 12-issue comic book series BRZRKR, which was produced by BOOM! Studios. The first issue—which sold "over 615,000 copies, making it the highest-selling launch in almost 30 years, according to BOOM!—released this month:
ICYMI, we're excited to announce @netflix will develop a live-action film based on BRZRKR, with Keanu Reeves set to star in and produce! An anime spinoff series, also based on the comic, is in the works as well! Learn more: https://t.co/3g8MHrhsQ1 pic.twitter.com/0xvQ5K4rsn
— BOOM! Studios (@boomstudios) March 22, 2021
BRZRKR was written by Reeves and Matt Kindt with illustration by the illustrious Marvel artist Ron Garney (Captain America, Wolverine). The series follows a main character named B who is half-god and half-human: "After wandering the earth for centuries, B may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence… and how to end it."
Reeves recently crossed over into animation with a role in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, though his character Sage was not a cartoon:
Meanwhile, the fourth and fifth John Wick installments are in pre-production.
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