{allcanada} Keanu to kill again in 'John Wick 2'

Russian thugs, seek cover. Keanu Reeves is returning to the killing life in John Wick 2.

Lionsgate announced Monday that Reeves, 50, will return for the sequel to 2014's R-rated hitman thriller John Wick.

Last year's stylized return to action for Reeves made $43 million and scored an 85% critical score on RottenTomatoes.com. In John Wick, Reeves started out as the ultimate retired assassin mourning the loss of his beloved wife.

But he gets called back into the assassin game after having Russian thugs beat him up, wreck his car and kill his adorable puppy.

Reeves, along with directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, will return along with screenwriter Derek Kolstad for the sequel.

Leitch told USA TODAY in 2014 that he was hoping for a John Wick franchise with Reeves.

"There's a lot of fertile ground in the underground world of assassins," said Leitch. "We created this mythology of John Wick. He's the Bogeyman to all of the mafia types."

No further details of production or release were made available. Lionsgate International will be selling the picture internationally at the Cannes Film Market.

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