CONSTANTINE Sequel Officially In The Works With Keanu Reeves & Director Francis Lawrence Set To Return

CONSTANTINE Sequel Officially In The Works With Keanu Reeves & Director Francis Lawrence Set To Return

Well, here's some extremely unexpected news to take you into the weekend! It's being reported that WB is moving forward with a Constantine sequel that will reunite Keanu Reeves & Francis Lawrence!

By RohanPatel - Sep 16, 2022 06:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Constantine 2
Source: Deadline

Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is in the early stages of developing a Constantine sequel, with both leading man Keanu Reeves (John WickThe Matrix) and director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend; Red Sparrow) set to return. 

Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful MindI Am Legend) will pen the script, and will serve as a producer under his Weed Road Pictures banner alongside Bad Robot's J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella. 

The first film opened in 2005 and, despite a mixed critical reception, was a pretty solid success at the global box office, grossing over $230.9 million on an estimated $70-100 million production budget. 

A follow-up has been long rumored to be in the making, but updates have been few and far between, with the most substantial news coming a few years ago when Peter Stormare, who played Lucifer Morningstar in the original, posted on his Instagram that a sequel was in the works. 

While Reeves will reprise his role as John Constantine, it's unknown at this time whether he'll be joined by any of his former co-stars, including Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, Peter Stormare, Max Baker, Francis Guinan, José Zúñiga, Jesse Ramirez, April Grace, Tanoai Reed, and Michelle Monaghan. 

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Spoken
Spoken - 9/16/2022, 5:51 PM
YES!!!!!!! I swore I spoke with someone about this a few days ago, so excited to see this take of Constantine back, what a long time coming!
Biggums
Biggums - 9/16/2022, 5:52 PM
@HWestRE420 - peter stormare...That crazy mf too?
Spoken
Spoken - 9/16/2022, 5:57 PM
@Biggums - Damnnnn I just saw that! Even more excited lol!
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/16/2022, 6:02 PM
@Biggums - without him it would be so bogus
jst5
jst5 - 9/16/2022, 6:53 PM
@HWestRE420 It's actually a solid watch...watched it a number of times over the years including when it first hit theaters.It's on NetFlix right now for anyone that hasn't watched it.
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/16/2022, 5:53 PM
is the hbomax show just dead then lol
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 9/16/2022, 5:53 PM
Finally! Thought the day would never come, the first one is great. By the way, maybe wait for the story to be fully "developed" before posting the article.
tmp3
tmp3 - 9/16/2022, 5:57 PM
goldsman screenplay, and lawrence hasn't made a decent movie in so long, so not a lot of hopes. why can't dc ever greenlight something normal
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 9/16/2022, 6:58 PM
@tmp3 - hey Red Sparrow was a better Black Widow movie than the actual Black Widow movie
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 9/16/2022, 5:58 PM
Didn’t care for the movie when I finally rented it. But I think I owe it a rewatch, cause I’m happy to see Keanu keep working, and I don’t think I gave it a fair chance.
Biggums
Biggums - 9/17/2022, 8:49 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - Tilda Swinton as the androgynous angel worked surprisingly well.
The cgi aged pretty good too...
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/16/2022, 5:59 PM
I literally stopped rocking in the rocking chair I was rocking in when I read, this, NEWS!!!!
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 9/16/2022, 6:00 PM
Even though they Americanized the character, I thought Keanu Reeves was alright as the character. I prefer Matt Ryan. However, is there really a demand for a sequel? I know the movie has its fans and Keanu is popular again but I don't see this really working. If this went to straight to HBO Max, maybe it could work but WBD said they want to emphasize theatrical runs but I don't see people exactly lining up to a Constantine sequel almost 20 years later.

I wonder what this means for the planned HBO Max series and I still wish we could have seen Del Toro's Justice League Dark movie.
Jarvisjackrabbit
Jarvisjackrabbit - 9/16/2022, 6:27 PM
@MovieMonster - How wrong is it that I’ve long thought Eddie Izzard could have made a decent John Constantine?
soberchimera
soberchimera - 9/16/2022, 6:29 PM
@Jarvisjackrabbit - He'd be perfect for Mitchell Royce in a Transmetropolitan adaptation.
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 9/16/2022, 6:45 PM
@Jarvisjackrabbit - I’ve never considered Eddie for the role but I always thought Charlie Hunnam would be great or even Ryan Gosling if he could master the accent.
HagridsHole1
HagridsHole1 - 9/16/2022, 6:00 PM
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

dracula
dracula - 9/16/2022, 6:03 PM
Wish we were getting british constantine but if they learn from mistakes made in the first film, i can live with him not having an accent or being blond

Would be nice to get the tan trench coat but not sure it would look good on keanu

Get rid of the stuff like the gun in the shape of a cross and give us more proper constantine action

The original is great, but main problem is it was removing too many of constantine’s best traits
GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 9/16/2022, 10:44 PM
@dracula - oh man, the Gun was so cool!
They’ve kinda watered down John’s arsenal and abilities in media recently, reducing him to just using fire balls and energy blasts.

The gun works because he’s not a traditional Sorcerer or Wizard, he’s a Bastard Mage. In the sense that he uses Bastard magic, scrapping together incantations and principles to generate a magic that sorta gets the job done, but with disastrous consequences. Fusing magical imagery with something as clunky as a gun is exactly the kind of thing he’d do
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/16/2022, 6:04 PM
Can we say it? Best DC news in a while! Heck, best CBM news in a while.
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