Confirmed: 'John Wick 4' to release in 2021

After soaring high at the box office in its first week of release, Keanu Reeve's blockbuster, John Wick will be returning with a fourth installment in 2021.

According to Variety, Lionsgate announced on Monday that it has scheduled John Wick 4 for May 21, 2021.

The studio made the announcement via a message to fans, "You have served. You will be of service. John Wick: Chapter 4 is coming - May 21, 2021."

As John Wick, Reeves single-handedly guns down enough mobsters to fill a small cemetery. PHOTOS: REUTERS

The third installment of the action-thriller, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, bowed with $35 million from 66 international markets. The movie sees Reeves return as a former hitman on the run from assassins.

Stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski helmed the movie, which also stars Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Ian McShane and Lance Reddick.

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In the movie, Reeves' character returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin's guild, the High Table, John Wick is ex-communicado, but the world's most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

John Wick 4 is the second title to land on May 21, 2021. It joins DC Super Pets on the date.

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