--- title: Keanu Reeves in John Wick 3 Photo Becomes Delightful Meme description: Keanu Reeves on a horse for a stunt in John Wick 3 photo has become a meme with hilarious results. canonical: https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-28T13:27:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:37.035Z og:title: Keanu Reeves on a Horse Gets the Full Meme Treatment og:description: The results are hilarious og:url: https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcafc2dffbc6577c3/698938dbab6d7791576b385f/keanureevesjohnwick3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - July 18, 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Keanu Reeves on a Horse Gets the Full Meme Treatment twitter:description: The results are hilarious twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcafc2dffbc6577c3/698938dbab6d7791576b385f/keanureevesjohnwick3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Meme Is Brought to You By Keanu Reeves on a Horse With Hilarious Results ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Keanu Reeves on a horse for a stunt in John Wick 3 photo has become a meme with hilarious results._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 28, 2018 1:27 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 28, 2018 1:27 PM UTC Keanu Reeves has become a meme again, but instead of “sad Keanu,” it’s brutal Keanu. On the evening of July 18 in New York City, while filming a stunt for his upcoming action film _John Wick 3_, actor [Keanu Reeves](http://time.com/4657658/keanu-reeve-john-wick-chapter-2/) mounted a horse and pulled out a gun on a motorcyclist. It not only got fans of the franchise excited to see a glimpse of what’s to come for the threequel (and it looks pretty intense). But as soon as internet humorists got their hands on it, they turned the moment into a delightful meme. People are taking a crack at the photograph with comical captions and hilarious alternate movie titles. There are even brony takes. We’ve rounded up a sampling of the _John Wick 3_ memes. Expect overnight internet poetry. > [](https://twitter.com/arya%5Fstarke/status/1034282212177281024) > [](https://twitter.com/rusmclaughlin/status/1034362193955807232) > [](https://twitter.com/The4thPair/status/1034325406696931330) > [](https://twitter.com/ItsAFost/status/1034281868579885056) > [](https://twitter.com/TheWorldClassBS/status/1034244879810027521) > [](https://twitter.com/Fade%5Fto%5FZach/status/1034042641401479168) > [](https://twitter.com/largedangus/status/1034188146227982339) > [](https://twitter.com/hildyjohns/status/1034426432431116294) Of course, it will never dethrone the meme magic of [Sad Keanu](http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/04/intrepid-journalists-of-new-york-magazine-ask-keanu-about-sad-keanu/). After the star was photographed by paparazzi eating a sandwich solo, the meme became so huge it actually launched a Facebook campaign to cheer the man up, and a toy of the meme is still sold to this day. Directed by Chad Stahelski, _John Wick 3: Parabellum_ returns May 17\. The third installment finds the legendary hit man Wick with a $14 million contract on his head, fighting his way out of New York City gun showdown after gun showdown as he is pursued by other skilled assassins. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/"},"headline":"This Meme Is Brought to You By Keanu Reeves on a Horse With Hilarious Results","datePublished":"2018-08-28T13:27:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:37.035Z","description":"Keanu Reeves on a horse for a stunt in John Wick 3 photo has become a meme with hilarious results.","url":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcafc2dffbc6577c3/698938dbab6d7791576b385f/keanureevesjohnwick3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcafc2dffbc6577c3/698938dbab6d7791576b385f/keanureevesjohnwick3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings in New York City - July 18, 2018","caption":"Keanu Reeves in John Wick 3 movie","creditText":"Bobby Bank—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/","name":"This Meme Is Brought to You By Keanu Reeves on a Horse With Hilarious Results"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Keanu Reeves on a horse for a stunt in John Wick 3 photo has become a meme with hilarious results.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5380056/keanu-reeves-john-wick-3/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```