The creator of the John Wick action franchise, Derek Kolstad, has been keeping himself super busy with future projects that he’s in the process of developing. On top of developing a couple of films for John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, he’s also pitching TV show adaptations for the video games My Friend Pedro and Bendy and the Ink Machine.
While talking to CB about the currently projects he’s working on, Kolstad revealed:
“Well, I am doing ‘A Company Man’ for David Leitch. I’m doing ‘A Map From Nowhere’ for Chad Stahelski over at New Line. Both of them are remakes of movies that I fucking love. I’ve got ‘A Darker Shade Of Magic’, over at Sony, which has been a joy, with Victoria Schwab. I’m going out with a pitch for a television series based on the ‘My Friend Pedro’ video game, as well as for ‘Bendy and the Ink Machine’. I am playing any… It’s funny, the reason I’m answering it this way, literally, I have these Post-It notes on my computer of, ‘This is what I’m working on today.'”
He went on to share his excitement and love for all the work that he’s doing right now, saying:
“To be honest, I love it all. Those are at the forefront, but at any given moment, people are jumping on the horn and we’re talking ‘The Janson Directive’ or we’re talking ‘Death Machine’, we’re talking actors with IP, sound men. I got to tell you, man, I’m still a little kid at this and I fucking love it. If I can emulate and replicate any success I’ve had with John Wick elsewhere, I’m going to be that 11-year-old that snuck into an R-rated movie, giggling.”
It would be so cool if we could all say things like that about the jobs that we have! He’s obviously having a blast making projects like this!
For those of not familiar with the games, My Friend Pedro is a shoot-’em-up video game that involves the player traversing a variety of themed levels while killing enemies, at the behest of a talking banana named Pedro. As for Bendy and the Ink Machine, it’s like a horror survival and puzzle game about nightmarish cartoons that come to life. They could both make for very fun and interesting shows.
What do you think? Would you watch television shows based on My Friend Pedro or Bendy and the Ink Machine from the creator of the John Wick franchise?