Keanu Reeves would like to play Johnny Silverhand once more, however how can he given the occasions of Cyberpunk 2077? It seems Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith has labored out a solution to make it make sense, and has instructed the much-loved actor: “contact me.”
In September, talking with IGN whereas selling his film Good Fortune, Keanu Reeves stated that he wished to be a part of the sequel to CD Projekt’s 2020 sport.
“Completely. I’d like to play Johnny Silverhand once more,” Reeves stated when requested if he’d be concerned about revisiting his legendary rockstar terrorist character in Cyberpunk 2.
Reeves’s love-affair with the Cyberpunk neighborhood started along with his viral “you are breathtaking” second at E3 2019. Reeves, on-stage to announce the discharge date of Cyberpunk 2077, was interrupted by a fan who shouted out “you are breathtaking!” Reeves’ response was to double-down along with his personal “you are breathtaking… you are all breathtaking!” Cue healthful memes throughout the web without end extra. You may see the long-lasting gamer second within the video beneath.
The query is, might Reeves truly play Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2 even when he wished to? In different phrases, might Johnny Silverhand return within the sequel, given the occasions of Cyberpunk 2077?
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Whereas many gamers imagine Cyberpunk 2077 supplied an appropriate ending for Johnny and V’s story, relying on which ending of the sport CD Projekt makes canon for Cyberpunk 2, the door could also be left open for Reeves’ return. Might Johnny return in cameo kind maybe, having downloaded himself into somebody or one thing else? Canon ending dependent, might V find yourself changing into Johnny Silverhand in thoughts and physique for Cyberpunk 2? Maybe we might see Johnny as a part of a flashback to occasions earlier than Cyberpunk 2077, as Cyberpunk 2077 had?
It seems like Mike Pondsmith has been excited about this ever since Reeves’ interview with IGN. In a CD Projekt livestream to have fun the fifth anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077, Mike Pondsmith stated, matter of factly: “Not that way back, I noticed that Keanu want to discover a solution to come again from the lifeless and play Johnny once more. I’ve methods to do this, Keanu. Contact me.”
Pondsmith, understandably, didn’t reveal what these “methods” have been, however as we’ve talked about, there are many theories followers have give you to make it make sense.
Reeves isn’t the one huge Hollywood title to look in Cyberpunk 2077. Idris Elba starred within the profitable growth, Phantom Liberty, which Pondsmith was delighted by. Certainly, he revealed he fearful that CD Projekt would possibly get sued as a result of his character, appeared a lot like Elba, earlier than it was revealed it truly was Elba taking part in the position.
“‘So let me get this straight,'” Pondsmith recalled of his response to the information. “‘You bought Keanu Reeves, and you then flip round and get Idris Elba. What’s subsequent? Scarlett Johansson?’
“Scarlett, you understand, I’ve roles for you. You are able to do something.”
Scarlett Johansson in Cyberpunk 2? That continues to be to be seen. However Pondsmith has been chatty concerning the hotly anticipated sequel up to now. In Might, Pondsmith teased some beforehand unknown particulars when he was requested concerning the scope of his involvement with Cyberpunk 2 (then generally known as Mission Orion) on the Digital Dragons 2025 convention.
Pondsmith admitted he wasn’t as concerned this time round, however stated he does evaluate scripts and had been to CD Projekt to take a look at the continued work.
“Final week I used to be wandering round speaking to completely different departments, and seeing what they’d, ‘Oh look, that is the brand new cyberware, what do you assume?’ ‘Oh yeah, that’s fairly good, that works right here.’”
After which, the morsel on the sequel: that it incorporates a model new metropolis along with the Night time Metropolis we all know from Cyberpunk 2077. Pondsmith described this new metropolis as “like Chicago gone mistaken.”
“I spent quite a lot of time speaking to one of many setting guys, and he was explaining how the brand new place in Orion, as a result of there’s one other metropolis we go to — I’m not telling you any greater than that however there’s one other metropolis we go to. And Night time Metropolis continues to be there. However I bear in mind taking a look at it and going, yeah I perceive the texture you’re going for this, and this actually does work. And it doesn’t really feel like Blade Runner, it feels extra like Chicago gone mistaken. I stated, ‘Yeah, I can see this working.’”
It’s price mentioning that Pondsmith’s feedback don’t essentially counsel the Cyberpunk sequel will characteristic a future Chicago, reasonably a metropolis that has the texture of a dystopian model of town. It might be a tackle future Chicago, however that isn’t confirmed based mostly on these feedback. There may be additionally some debate about whether or not Cyberpunk 2 will develop upon the Night time Metropolis that’s in Cyberpunk 2077 or characteristic a brand new model, and the extent to which it’s playable.
It seems like we’ll have to attend a while to seek out out. CD Projekt is in fact specializing in The Witcher 4, and CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has steered Cyberpunk 2 received’t be out till at the least 2030.
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Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].