Editing Ballerina (2025) (section)

=== Casting ===
In May 2020, it was reported that the studio was looking for an actress to star in the film, with [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] as the template for the kind of talent they were looking for. By October 2021, de Armas entered negotiations to play the titular character, a ballerina-assassin named Rooney, replacing Phelan, who previously portrayed the character in ''Chapter 3 – Parabellum''. By April 2022 at CinemaCon, Lionsgate officially announced that de Armas would star in the lead role. In November 2022, it was announced that [[Keanu Reeves]], [[Ian McShane]], [[Lance Reddick]], and [[Anjelica Huston]] had joined the cast and will reprise their roles from previous films of the franchise; as [[John Wick (character)|John Wick]], Winston Scott, Charon, and "the Director", respectively; it also marks the third collaboration between de Armas and Reeves, having previously worked together in ''[[Knock Knock]]'' (2015) and ''[[Exposed]]'' (2016). In December 2022, [[Gabriel Byrne]], [[Norman Reedus]], and [[Catalina Sandino Moreno]] joined the supporting cast in undisclosed roles.