Ana de Armas pirouettes onto screens in the first trailer for Ballerina, the spinoff of the Keanu Reeves’ John Wick franchise.

De Armas stars as a ballerina turned assassin named Eve Macarro, who begins to train in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Romawho as she seeks revenge for the murder of her family. Reeves also appears in a cameo in Ballerina, which takes place between the events of the third and fourth Wick films. Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, the late Lance Reddick in his final screen appearance, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus and Ian McShane also star.

 Len Wiseman (Underworld) directs the action thriller from a script by Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead, Parabellum). 

Ballerina initially shot in 2022, and was slated to release in cinemas in June 2024. But in February, Lionsgate delayed the feature to June 6th, 2025, in order to allow John Wick director Chad Stahelski to assist with improving the action, and he worked with Wiseman to shoot new action sequences this year. From what we see in the trailer, the extra work more than paid off.

The ballerina-turned-assassin previously made a brief appearance in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, played at the time by Unity Phelan. 

Watch the trailer for From the World of John Wick: Ballerina below: