With “Ballerina,” there’s even more lore, including new rites and mythological creatures and even a new rival clan. Audience demands for such things aside, there are practical reasons for constructing this fantastical world that Wick, and now Eve, inhabit, said Chad Stahelski, the director of the four Wick films and a producer of “Ballerina.”

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