‘Caine’: Mason Thames From ‘Idiots’ Tapped For Donnie Yen’s Action-Packed ‘John Wick’ Spinoff

Coming off the success of “The Black Phone” films helmed by Scott Derrickson and leading Universal Pictures‘ live-action “How To Train Your Dragons” remake (earned an impressive $637 million), actor Mason Thames has nabbed a part in the Donnie Yen-directed “Caine,” the second “John Wick” franchise spinoff film that is hailing from Lionsgate and boasts a script from “The Batman Part II” screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (“BRZRKR,” “The Batman”) and Robert Askins (“The Umbrella Company”).

This neat casting update is coming from Deadline, as Thames joins Yen, who is reprising the part of the charismatic and skilled blind assassin (an obvious homage to the heroic figure Zatoichi from Japanese cinema) from “John Wick 4” alongside singer-turned-actress Rina Sawayama (back as Akira) and fellow newcomer to the Wick-a-verse Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”).

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Also, we can add that actress Zhuang Dafei is expected to be playing Caine’s estranged daughter, as spotted by Hong Kong outlet The Standard in set photos from Budapest, Hungary, but it remains to be seen how much she’ll be in the movie, although, being freed from The High Table, there is an expectation he’ll try to reconnect with her.

Thames most recently co-starred with Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson in the upcoming Macon Blair film “Idiots” (arriving this August, and The Playlist reviewed the pic during our Sundance coverage) and is set to return for “How To Train Your Dragon 2,” which has Cate Blanchett attached to play Hiccup’s mother.

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Longtime franchise producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are back alongside Chad Stahelski (set by Lionsgate as the main overseer of the “Wick” films and spinoffs) and Keanu Reeves, despite an off-camera death with “John Wick 5” in the works (will move away from The High Table), there is a shot that Wick shows up in ‘Caine’ for a flashback or scene to tee-up the fifth mainline installment. We’ll keep our fingers crossed that “Caine” will take some cues from the works of filmmaker Johnnie To, known for making some of the best Hong Kong crime films.

Lionsgate hasn’t given the movie a set release date; however, it is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2027.