Ruby Rose and Peter Stormare will join Keanu Reeves in "John Wick 2."
Deadline reported that Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), Peter Stormare (Arrow, The Blacklist) and Riccardo Scamarcio (Burnt) are the latest additions to the sequel's cast, joining rapper-turned-actor Common who was previously announced to be the movie's villain.
Screen Rant speculated that Ruby Rose will play the female crime lord, who Common's character is reported to work for.
Reprising their "John Wick" roles are Ian McShane as Winston, John Leguziamo as Aurelio, Bridget Moynahan as Wick's wife deceased wife, Helen and Lance Riddick as Charon.
Keanu Reeves will reprise the formerly retired assassinin the sequel, reuniting with the first installment's creative team of Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. Stahelski will direct the film with Leitch serving as executive producer along with David Kolstad who provides the movie's screenplay.
Little is known about the sequel's plot except that it will open up a new chapter in the Continental underworld of professional assassins.
"Chad and the writer, Derek Kolstad, they've really listened to what people have enjoyed about the work and how they speak about it," Reeves said in an interview with Collider. "So there's definitely that influence of the other world, the Continental world, the look, the feel, what it is about the movie, what made people like it; is definitely being paid attention to and the world opens up in this chapter."
The first installment's story follows John Wick, a former assassin who comes out of retirement to seek revenge after his former employer's son assaults him, steal his car and kill his dog which was a present from his late wife.
2014's sleeper hit earned $14 million on its opening weekend and eventually made raked in $43 million domestically and almost $80 million globally.
"John Wick 2" is currently filming in New York and is still without an official release date.
