Derek Kolstad (born April 4, 1974) is an American screenwriter and producer. He created the John Wick franchise, which began in 2014. He continued to write for the first two sequels of the franchise and is mainly known as a screenwriter of action films and shows.
Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.
Release Date2025-05-08
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Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
Release Date2015-02-03
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Short documentary that looks at a number of elements like the initial pitch for the project and the 2nd Unit action sequences.
Release Date2015-02-03
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Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
Release Date2025-08-13
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Vote Count1100
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
Release Date2025-06-04
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Vote Count2086
The origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott, as he's dragged into the Hell-scape of 1970's New York City to face a past he thought he'd left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the hotel's mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the hotel where he will eventually take his future throne.
Release Date2023-09-22
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Episode Count3
Vote Count625
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Release Date2023-03-22
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Vote Count7543
Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.
Release Date2021-03-19
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Episode Count6
Vote Count8751
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Release Date2021-03-18
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Vote Count7942
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Release Date2017-02-08
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Vote Count13848
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
Release Date2019-05-15
DepartmentWriting
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Vote Count11365
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Release Date2014-10-22
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Vote Count20275
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
Release Date2023-02-22
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In the shadowy world of espionage, Sam Fisher is a rumor and a legend. Pulled back into action, he must help a new recruit unravel a global conspiracy.
Release Date2025-10-14
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count8
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Tired of being the comedic sidekick, Kevin Hart gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run by a lunatic.
Release Date2020-07-20
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Episode Count1
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When his wife is kidnapped, a simple man reveals himself to be anything but as he assembles his old crew to rescue her.
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In the aftermath of a bank robbery, interim sheriff Ulysses uncovers a criminal conspiracy at the heart of his small-town Minnesota community.
Release Date2026-04-17
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A law officer from the future is declared an enemy of the state and is sent back to the past as punishment. The man is stalked by a posse and has to find a way to adapt to his surroundings to survive.
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A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
Release Date2022-06-16
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Vote Count824
Based on the 2018 Korean sci-fi short film.
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Plot kept under wraps.Described as a hard-boiled action film.
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A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
Release Date2013-02-09
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Taking place over the course of one scorching night, Canyon, a part-time jazz musician and full-time killer, finds himself the unlikely protector of a young siren pulled into a turf war between feuding crime families.
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A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Release Date2012-08-21
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A young woman, trained from a young age, must employ every skill in her arsenal to rescue her father after he is kidnapped.
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Riley Wolfe, a master thief and expert in disguise who targets the wealthiest 0.1 percent, teams up with a master forger named Monique and a team of expert thieves on a job that will make history.
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A slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.
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Father Roy Craig, a priest, performs last rites on a mob boss who miraculously survives — but not before confessing his crimes to the father. Soon after, Father Roy finds himself targeted by hitmen, corrupt cops and gangsters — all sent by the mob boss who wants to silence him. But Father Roy secretly has a violent past that makes him a more dangerous target than anyone imagines.
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Based on the Sega video game series.
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A remake of the South Korean film, which followed a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past who takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
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Set in four parallel worlds, with four parallel Londons ruled by different magical powers and monarchies. There’s Grey London, where the people have been told that magic is a myth; Red London, where magic is embraced and thrives; White London, where magic is used by the rulers against it’s people; and Black London, where magic has overpowered the people and corrupted the world beyond repair.
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