John Wick’s highly anticipated spin-off TV series The Continental will premiere in September

The highly anticipated John Wick TV spin-off series is set to premiere in September.

Producer Erica Lee has shed years of speculation about the release of The Continental, a three-part television series centered on the assassin’s hotel where Keanu Reeves’ Wick stays in the films.

The story centers on a young Winston Scott, played by Ian McShane in the original film.

Set in 1975 New York, Scott faces demons from his past and traverses a dangerous path in the big city’s underground scene to take control of the hotel.

Speaking to Collider, Erica Lee revealed that the series will be available on Peacock in the US and internationally on Prime Video in September.

Revealed: John Wick producer Erica Lee has revealed that spin-off TV series The Continental, which focuses on the assassin hotel where Keanu Reeves’ Wick stays in the films, will be released in September

Focus: The story centers on a young Winston Scott, played by Ian McShane (pictured) in the original film. Set in 1975 New York, Scott faces demons from his past and traverses a dangerous path in the big city’s underground scene to take control of the hotel

She said: “The showrunners actually came, we heard a lot of pitches and we debated whether or not we wanted to do a similar John Wick timeline or an alternative timeline.

“We felt like doing a prequel, doing an alternate timeline gave us a lot of flexibility just because we were running parallel tracks.

“But what I think people love so much about John Wick and the world of John Wick is learning about the hotels and the Easter eggs.”

A younger Winston, who is close friends with Wick, is played by Continental Hotel manager Colin Woodell. Ayomide Adegun will star as a teenage Charon.

The producer went on to say that the team was “really excited” to delve “deeper” into the hotel and characters in each film as they always gave “so little” to audiences.

She said The Continental’s timeline and setting allows them to dive deep and explore each element more deeply.

The cast for the show is star-studded, with last year it being reported that Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed, Deadline reported.

They join Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell, Peter Greene, Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada, Nhung Kate and Ben Robson.

Starring: A younger Winston, who is close friends with Wick, is played by Continental Hotel manager Colin Woodell (pictured). Ayomide Adegun will star as a teenage Charon

Speaking to Collider, Erica Lee revealed that the series will be available on Peacock in the US and internationally on Prime Video in September

The producer went on to say that the team is “really excited” to delve “deeper” into the hotel (pictured) and the characters in each film as they always gave “so little” to audiences

The show follows Winston as he “carves a deadly course through the mysterious underbelly of New York in a harrowing attempt to conquer the iconic hotel that serves as a hangout for the world’s most dangerous criminals,” according to the show’s description.

McGrath has signed on to play The Adjudicator, while McKinnon will portray Jenkins, Shapiro is Lemmy, and Musahi and Mazepa will play high table assassins Hansel & Gretel.

Gibson plays a character named Cormac, with Peter Greene playing Uncle Charlie, Ayomide Adegun as Charon (played by Lance Reddick in the John Wick films), and Jeremy Bobb as Mayhew.

Rounding out the cast are Hubert Point-Du Jour as Miles, Jessica Allain as Lou, Mishel Prada as KD, Nhung Kate as Yen and Ben Robson as Frankie.

Greg Coolidge (Wayne, Ride Along) and Kirk Ward (The Turkey Bowl, Wayne) will write the event series and serve as showrunners.

They will also serve as executive producer with Albert Hughes (The Good Lord Bird, The Book of Eli) directing episodes one and three while serving as executive producer on all three.

The cast for the show is star-studded, with last year it being reported that Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed, Deadline reported last year

The show follows Winston as he “carves a deadly course through the mysterious underbelly of New York in a harrowing attempt to conquer the iconic hotel that serves as a meeting place for the world’s most dangerous criminals,” according to the show’s description (Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane are pictured in John Wick 4)

Charlotte Brändström (The Witcher), who will direct the second episode, is executive producing, along with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski, Derek Kolstad, David Leitch, Shawn Simmons, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese and Marshall Persinger.

McGrath most recently played Lena Luthor on The CW’s Supergirl while McKinnon is leaving Dopesick and creating the TV series Rectify.

Shapiro portrayed Mr. Shapiro in the Mindy Kaling Netflix series Never Have I Ever, while Musashi has appeared in Fear the Walking Dead, Iron Fist, and The Last Ship.

Mazepa is also a contortionist, having recently appeared in Malignant and starring in NBC’s America’s Got Talent in 2019.