TeaserPlay, a community project that creates fan-made concept videos of games, has released a video on aJohn Wickconcept created with Unreal Engine 5. The people at TeaserPlay used the newest technologies provided by the latest Unreal Engine to create Keanu Reeves' appearance fromJohn Wick, appropriate settings from the movies, and fighting scenes with knuckles and guns.
John Wickis the neo-noir action franchise created by screenwriter Derek Kolstad. The main protagonist, a former hitman calledJohn Wick, is played by Keanu Reeves in the movies. The franchise has so far included only one game, a tactical turn-based RPG developed by Bithell Games. Sincethe release ofJohn Wick Hex, there hasn’t been anotherJohn Wickgame, although one might be in the works.
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The fact that there hasn’t been an action-orientedJohn Wickgame yet is a little perplexing, and TeaserPlay shares that sentiment. Furthermore, thebig-budgetJohn Wickgamethat has been hinted at by Lionsgate has been an inspiration for TeaserPlay to make this fantasy of theirs into a video.
The minute-and-a-half concept trailer featuresJohn Wickin various settings, including driving his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS through the deserts, fist-fighting evil henchmen, and havingMax Payne-like shootouts. Speaking ofMax Payne, TeaserPlay has also created aconcept video for theMax Payneremake with Unreal Engine 5. One of the more impressive recreations of the trailer is the scene whereJohn Wickis riding a horse through the streets of New York City at night inspired by the latestJohn Wickmovie.
According to TeaserPlay, used in the trailer are the most advanced technologies enabled byUnreal Engine 5 to create realistic-looking charactersand environments. These include lighting with ray tracing, screen space reflections, and a technology called Lumen, which illuminates the world with realistic direct and indirect light. The detail of the world is created by Unreal Engine’s Nanite technology, a virtualized geometry system that allows immense pixel scale detail and high object counts in vast spaces.
Keanu Reeves was recreated in the concept video with the help of Unreal Engine 5’s MetaHuman, a framework that allows the creation of photorealistic digital humans in a reasonable timeframe. While creation is impressive for a fan video, it isn’t meant to be a full-fledged game trailer. Some aspects of the trailer have been worked on more than others, but all-in-all it shows that gamers definitely deserve a properJohn Wickaction-adventure game. However, before that is ready for the limelight, if it indeed happens, there’s thebig-budgetMax Payneremakethat is already in development.
