This test screening for Ballerina isn’t the first hurdle that the John Wick spin-off has faced, as the film was already delayed a year. The original release date was supposed to be early last month, but it ended up needing reshoots, and Chad Stahelski, who directed all four films in the mainline franchise, came in to oversee its production. Reports said Stahelski also oversaw the reshoots and shadowed Ballerina director Len Wiseman for the additional action sequences that were needed.
Another strange report about the Ballerina reshoots was that David Castaneda and Sharon Duncan-Brewster were added to the cast of the John Wick spin-off. While their casting isn’t strange on its face, it is unusual to bring on new characters when they didn’t exist in the original script. It seems like, along with the allegedly poor direction, there might be some issues with the script as well.