Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas' update about hiring Academy Award-winning screenwriter Emerald Fennell to write on the John Wick spinoff Ballerina is huge news.

Hiring a woman to write the script was clearly important to de Armas, and getting one with Fennell's unique style is a great fit. Only time will tell if Ballerina can end up outdoing John Wick entirely but so far, it's on the right track. In addition to acting in various projects over the past decade, Fennell has received numerous plaudits for her script work on Killing Eve and Promising Young Woman. Fennell also served as director on Promising Young Woman, which earned very good reviews. Fennell's hiring opens the door for Ballerina to be a more interesting movie than any of the John Wick films. The project has been kicking around in pre-production since 2017, but things picked up when Ana de Armas officially signed on in 2022. As de Armas explained in a recent update, the Cuban actress has so much clout at the moment that she got to handpick a writer to work on the project.