CONSTANTINE Director Francis Lawrence Teases His And Keanu Reeves' Long-Overdue Sequel Plans

CONSTANTINE Director Francis Lawrence Teases His And Keanu Reeves' Long-Overdue Sequel Plans

Constantine director Francis Lawrence has addressed reports that he will reteam with Keanu Reeves for a sequel, revealing where things currently stand with the screenplay and more. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Nov 10, 2022 07:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Constantine 2
Source: ComicBook.com

Earlier this year, we learned that John Wick star Keanu Reeves will reprise the role of John Constantine in a sequel to the 2005 movie. Francis Lawrence is set to step back into the director's chair, while Akiva Goldsman has been tapped to work on the screenplay with him. 

Constantine may have Americanized DC Comics' Hellblazer, but the movie's following has only increased since it was first released. As for Reeves, he's more popular now than ever before. 

Whether this movie will fit into what DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran have planned for the DCU remains to be seen, but Lawrence seems confident it will become a reality. Talking to ComicBook.com about his and Jason Momoa's new movie, Slumberland, the filmmaker revealed where things stand with the sequel.

"We don't have a script, but Keanu, me, and Akiva [Goldsman] who all worked on the first one together have all been trying over the years to get another one going," Lawrence reveals. "It's been tricky because of the DC/Vertigo world and who owns the character and who has control over the characters, trying to get the right people to go forward."

"We've got that now and now we need the story," he added, suggesting Constantine 2 definitely has the green light. "We'd all love to do it."

It's looking highly likely that Reeves will be the DCU's Constantine, especially as Warner Bros. Discovery has scrapped J.J. Abrams' HBO Max series starring Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù. That might mean we'll need to accept that this version of the character is American, but it didn't bother fans too much over a decade and a half ago, so we're sure it won't be too much of an issue.

Regardless, it's still early days for this one, so fingers crossed it doesn't fall by the wayside. As of right now, we don't know what sort of slate DC Studios is mapping out for the DCU.

Constantine 2 doesn't currently have a release date, so stay tuned for updates.

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Spoken
Spoken - 11/10/2022, 7:31 AM
Bring it on!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/10/2022, 7:32 AM
I really can't see this as being on the first slate for DC Studios.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 11/10/2022, 7:56 AM
I remember seeing an article that said they already canceled Constantine. I believe it was one of JWs articles. He would never lie to us for click bait so this can’t be happening.

Btw I enjoyed the first Keanu Constantine. I just hope they bring back the same crew of people.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/10/2022, 7:58 AM
"It's looking highly likely that Reeves will be the DCU's Constantine"

I hope not!


Whilst i'm a fan of the movie, it should be it's own thing like the Joker, The Batman and their upcoming sequels.

I'm sure they can make it fit in the DCU if they really wanted to, but then i feel it becomes to limiting.

I hope APC stay together long enough to give us another killer song.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 11/10/2022, 8:23 AM
@UniqNo - The Batman is definitely gonna remain its own thing. If Matt Reeves and James Gunn spoke, it was probably just so Gunn could get a better sense, of what Matt Reeves plans are for the franchise.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/10/2022, 8:57 AM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - "Definitely" is a strong word

To continue with Hamada's approach of having multiple competing franchises with different versions of some of their biggest characters is not why Discovery merged with Warner Bros to create DC Studios at all.

Why go through all that and insist on keeping an unfocused , still broken model? Seems weird.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 11/10/2022, 8:09 AM
He's a pit nutter.

The shit bull attacked a horse. Are you telling me that worthless Mutt was not trained right? Multi million dollar movie and they could train the bully out of the pitbull.

Nuttas please.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 11/10/2022, 12:26 PM
It's kinda weird how it went forward without any story or ideas.
Cohillen
Cohillen - 11/11/2022, 10:35 AM
@BritishMonkey -

Queen Wakanda was drowned, Namor kiIIed her.

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Cohillen
Cohillen - 11/11/2022, 10:38 AM
@BritishMonkey -

Nakia & T'Challa have a son "Prince T'ChaIIa" in the mid creds


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