Ballerina Final Trailer Promises Classic John Wick-Style Action

Our deadline to see From the World of John Wick: Ballerina finally arrives in a little more than three weeks. Ana de Armas’ starring vehicle is looking to add another blood-soaked but visually artful chapter to the popular John Wick franchise that Keanu Reeves made into a cultural phenomenon. In the weeks leading up to its June 6, 2025, theatrical release, Lionsgate has released not one, but two trailers for the film. Now, the studio has published the third and final trailer, and you can check it out in full just above.

The events of Ballerina play out during the timeline of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which came out in 2019. In that film, Keanu Reeves’ titular character was placed “excommunicado” by the High Table after he murdered crime boss Santino D’Antonio in the grounds of the Continental Hotel. A multi-million-dollar bounty was placed on his head, and John Wick embarked on a harrowing and violent cross-city escape. Eventually, Wick reached the Ruska Roma, a European crime organization.

The Ruska Roma gang was headed by a mysterious woman named the Director, played by Anjelica Huston. The organization was a ruthless training camp and assassin-gang rolled into one, and the Director’s key allies were a group of ballerina-assassins. A quick shot of one of the ballerina recruits was shown in Parabellum as she rehearsed in a theater. That ballerina was Unity Phelan’s character Eve Macarro, and Eve is the focus of From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, with Ana de Armas replacing Phelan in the role.

Ana de Armas Will Take the Spotlight, Joined by Familiar Faces

Ian McShane returns to the series to reprise his role as Winston, the Continental’s affable manager. The late Lance Reddick will also return for his third and final time as the Continental’s perpetually efficient concierge, Charon. Lance Reddick’s death last March at the age of 56 was a shock to fans of the franchise, and his small appearance in Ballerina will likely be a tear-jerker for long-time followers of the saga.

Director Anjelica Huston is also back to reprise her role from Parabellum. Gabriel Byrne joins the cast as Chancellor, who functions as the chief antagonist. Sharon Duncan-Brewster stars as Nogi, Eve’s mentor. Norman Reedus also stars, playing a character called Daniel Pine. Fans of Marvel’s The Boys series may be familiar with Catalina Sandino Moreno, who has a role in Ballerina, as does David Castañeda.

Ana de Armas Takes the Spotlight in the Ballerina Spin-Off Trailer

The first trailer for Ballerina was released in September 2024, and it went for a much more personal approach, giving fans a sense of Eve’s backstory and her motivation. The first trailer showed Eve being orphaned and forced to take on training as a ballerina-assassin at a young age. Her reason for joining the Ruska Roma gang is vengeance, a desire to avenge her father’s murder.

When the first trailer dropped, the filmmakers also confirmed that Eve had a specific target in her sights, but that the killer would not be revealed until the film’s runtime. The first trailer showed very little of John Wick. The short, atmospheric second trailer, which Lionsgate dropped in March 2025, gave fans more of what they wanted by putting Wick on screen for a few seconds. We got a sense that Wick and Eve would have a significant part in the movie and that there was likely to be a certain grudging respect between them, two killers on the run for reasons of their own.

The new and final trailer is far more aggressive in tone and has less airtime for the mysterious John Wick. It opens with an extended image of Eve looking up at Wick as he aims his gun at her. After that, the clip rapidly cuts from images included in the previous trailers to some new scenes. The shots show Ana de Armas and her supporting cast taking on and dispatching numerous would-be assassins with John Wick-esque panache. The fights are up-close-and-personal, and the camera work and choreography are balletic.

Ana de Armas’ Eve shows remarkable physicality in the fight scenes. The bodies of her enemies pile up as she stabs and shoots her way out of every scrap. The movie promises to be something of a revenge quest — the quote, “This isn’t done until they’re dead,” is used in the context of the target of Eve’s revenge, and it tells you everything you need to know about what you are about to see. The fight scenes are as good as you would expect after the last two films in the series, with combat blending slick, stylized choreography, gunplay, and brutally violent hand-to-hand combat.

In many ways, it feels like de Armas is getting a chance to play a character that looks and acts like John Wick but is also her own thing. The choreography is still as precise as fans of the John Wick series have come to expect, and the visuals are every bit as slick, stylized, and remarkably colorful. It’s still the world of the John Wick series but seen through the eyes of Ana de Armas’ ballerina-gone-rogue.

Ana de Armas to the Front, With John Wick’s Appearance Cleverly Managed

Director Chad Stahelski has cleverly kept John Wick in the background of this particular installment. Keanu Reeves appears in the movie, and he’s crucial to the main character’s story arc. However, he does not overshadow Ana de Armas. There’s a little of the camera work and combat choreography from this final trailer that fans can expect to enjoy in the film, a heady mix of intimate, character-driven drama and large-scale, over-the-top sequences.

With Ana de Armas as a focal point, there’s a lot to be excited about with From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, which finally steps into theaters on June 6, 2025.