Warning: Contains SPOILERS for John Wick: Chapter 4John Wick: Chapter 4 features a new Elder following the death of the previous Elder, and it perfectly sets up a new villain in the franchise. The John Wick series has become a huge success, and it has gotten increasingly better reviews with each consecutive release. That has continued with the fourth movie, which has an incredible 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. It reached that rare score despite several setbacks, including having to recast the Elder. John Wick: Chapter 4's elder is played by George Georgiou, but he was originally played by Saïd Taghmaoui in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.

Taghmaoui didn't return as the Elder simply because of scheduling conflicts, as he was working on three different projects during the time John Wick: Chapter 4 was in production. However, director Chad Stahelski didn't just recast the same character with a different actor. Instead, a new plan was created that explained why the Elder looked different, and it totally fit with the story. It's revealed in the fourquel that the original Elder died off-screen, which meant that a new Elder was recruited in his place. That didn't matter to John Wick (Keanu Reeves), as he still killed him anyway. However, it does mean that a John Wick spin-off needs to answer some questions.

John Wick 4 Implies A New Elder Will Replace The Old One In A Spinoff

Before John Wick: Chapter 4, the mythology surrounding the Elder and the High Table wasn't remotely clear. And there are still some huge gaps in the lore that will need to be ironed out in the future. However, the fourquel makes a significant leap in giving more details about the Elder. Most importantly, it explains that if one Elder is killed, another person will simply take his predecessor's place. And that means, as John Wick shot dead Georgiou's version of the elder, then yet another person will take his place. Though it doesn't make any sense why anybody would want the role, as becoming the Elder seems like the mark of death.

Regardless of whether or not they want the job, another Elder will take Georgiou's place. And as the latest two films in the franchise have depicted the Elder as an evil individual and the only one in the assassin's world who isn't governed by ridiculous rules, they must be the overarching villain of wherever the series goes next. The franchise has proven that it's great at worldbuilding more than anything, and the two confirmed John Wick spin-offs can continue that winning formula. Ballerina could reveal who the new Elder is, and as The Continental spin-off series is set in the 70s, audiences might be introduced to a much older Elder to.

John Wick Still Needs To Answer 1 Crucial Elder Mystery

While John Wick: Chapter 4 revealed that Elders can easily be replaced, that just creates even more questions that the spin-offs must answer. How was Georgiou's Elder chosen, and how was Taghmaoui's Elder chosen before him? Is there a lineage? are Elders from one specific family? What is their relation to the High Table? Not only that, but Wick was wandering the desert for days trying to find the Elder in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, but in John Wick: Chapter 4, it was barely an inconvenience. That could be a sign that Georgiou's Elder wasn't the right person for the role. Either way, these issues have to be cleared up in Ballerina.