Starz and Lionsgate’s long-developing John Wick prequel series, The Continental, has its first actor booked: Mel Gibson.
The Oscar winner has signed on to the series, which is set 40 years before the events of the film series starring Keanu Reeves. It’s set at the titular hotel, a gathering place for international assassins.
The three-part series, which has tapped Albert Hughes as its lead director, will center on the young version of Winston Scott, played by Ian McShane in the films. The character is pulled back into a world he thought he’d left behind and takes on a harrowing attempt to seize control of the hotel.
Gibson will play a character named Cormac. Other details of his role are being kept under wraps.
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