Keanu Reeves casts doubt on John Wick 5

Keanu Reeves isn't sure his body could cope with the demands of a fifth John Wick movie.

The 60-year-old actor has starred as the titular ace assassin in the action franchise for 10 years since the first film came out in 2014, with John Wick: Chapter 4 coming out in March 2023.

Reeves loves portraying the character but he doesn't think he could cope with the stunt demands of another outing.

During an appearance on CBS This Morning, he said: "You can never say never, but my knees right now are saying, 'You can't do another John Wick.

"So, my heart does, but I don't know if my knees can do it."

In John Wick: Chapter 4, Reeves's alter ego was seemingly killed off after a duel with his friend Caine, played by Donnie Yen.

After the movie - which also starred Bill Skarsgard, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Clancy Brown and Scott Adkins - proved to be a success and made more than $440 million against a production budget of $100 million, Lionsgate Films began exploring ideas for bringing the assassin back for another John Wick instalment in November 2023.

However, there has not been any updates since then as to whether Reeves would be returning as the titular character in the fifth film.

In November, John Wick producer Erica Lee admitted "the stars have to align" if the studio is to move ahead with the fifth movie.

She told Screen Rant: "First and foremost, I'd love John Wick 5 and figuring out what that movie looks like and what the story is and how we take the franchise to the next level.

"I think we set this bar so high in (Chapter 4) and we left it all on the table. I say we burn the house down when we make the movie.

"So ... to pull it all together, it has to be a great idea and the stars have to align, and there's a lot of pressure to get that right. So that's what I'm most hopeful and excited and anxious about."