The Continental, the upcoming John Wick prequel series from Lionsgate Television and Starz, has cast The Flight Attendant's Colin Woodell as a young Winston Scott (played by Ian McShane in the John Wick films). Woodell is also known for his roles in The Call of the Wild and Unfriended: Dark Web.
According to Variety, Woodell will co-star in the series opposite Mel Gibson, who was just cast as a character named Cormac. Variety separately confirmed that Mishel Prada will play KD, Hubert Point Du-Jour will play Miles, Jessica Allain will play Lou, Nhung Kate will play Yen and Ben Robson will play Frankie.
The Continental was announced in January 2018, serving as a predecessor to the Keanu Reeves-starring John Wick film franchise that kicked off four years earlier. "This series is truly unlike anything else on TV,” Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said at the time. "The Continental promises to include the thunderous fight sequences and intensely staged shootouts between professional assassins and their targets that fans have come to expect in the John Wick movie franchise as well as introducing some new, darkly compelling characters who inhabit this underground world."
"What we're exploring in The Continental is the young Winston and how it came to be that he and his team of confederates found their way into this hotel which we have met for the first time in the movie franchise 40 years later," Lionsgate TV's Kevin Beggs explained in April 2021 while discussing the format of the show. "That's the arena. I won't give away more than that, but Starz really leaned into this take also, and they have been great collaborators. And how we've approached this first season is as three essentially 90-minute events which you could construe as a limited series or a limited event series."
While The Continental has yet to receive a premiere date, John Wick: Chapter 4 hits theaters on May 27, 2022. In July, it was announced that the aforementioned McShane would reprise his role as Winston Scott in the fourth film. "I couldn’t be happier than to welcome Ian McShane back to John Wick: Chapter 4," Stahelski said. "He is not only an amazing actor but is an indispensable collaborator who has helped define the world of John Wick."