“John Wick: Chapter Three” gets release date

“John Wick: Chapter Three” officially has a release date.

Lionsgate will release Summit's third installment of the Keanu Reeves shooter franchise on May 17, 2019. It is the film series' first summer release. No plot details have yet been unveiled for the upcoming threequel.

“John Wick: Chapter Three” is currently the only studio project with that release date. Earlier that month, Disney will unveil a new “Avengers” movie and Sony's TriStar will release its adaptation of “The Rosie Project”, while Disney's “Aladdin” reimagining and Warner Bros.' Minecraft will be released afterward.

Following the eponymous Wick, the R-rated action series stars Reeves as a no-holds-barred ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to get retribution on gangsters who took away everything he loved. “John Wick: Chapter 2” found Wick fighting off bounty hunters seeking the large prize placed on his head.

Directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, “John Wick” debuted in October 2014 and grossed $88 million worldwide. The sequel, helmed by Stahelski, grossed $171 million globally upon its release in February of this year.

Screenwriter Derek Kolstad, who wrote the first two films, will return to pen the third installment.