CONSTANTINE: CITY OF DEMONS: Come Checkout The First Episode Of The New CW Seed Series

CONSTANTINE: CITY OF DEMONS: Come Checkout The First Episode Of The New CW Seed Series

Matt Ryan is officially back as the fan favorite petty dabbler of the dark arts in the new CW Seed show Constantine: City of Demons. Come check out the first episode of the new animated series!

By HeavyMetal4Life - Mar 24, 2018 10:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Constantine
Source: Bleeding Cool

The first five episodes of the new animated series Constantine: City of Demons are now available on the CW Seed. In support of the debut of the first half of the season, the CW Seed has made available online the first episode of the show. Each episode is around 6 to seven minutes long, resulting in about half an hours' worth of Ryan's Constantine gracing your screen. While only 5 episodes have aired, the season supposedly will have 10 episodes total. The series is an adaptation of the story "All His Engines," even though the title of the show pays homage to a different miniseries publication of the same name.

It is currently unclear how the series itself fits into the Arrowverse, if at all. While initially rumored as a continuation of the cancelled NBC live action series, the animated series has yet to make any references to Ryan's live action appearances and portrays several key events from the character's backstory a little differently from how they were portrayed on Constantine. At the very least, the show seems to focus on a younger John who is still battling his inner demons and has just rekindled his relationship with his best friend Chas. The first five episodes, and presumably the next five, are centered around John helping Chas, whose daughter is threatened by dark magic. The series shows a darker, more violent take on the character (at least with his surroundings) than has been explored in live action on Constantine or Legends of Tomorrow

Check out the first episode of the season, now available online below, followed by John Constantine himself, Matt Ryan, explaining how you can view the other four episodes released (hint: download the CW Seed app). Are you excited to see Matt Ryan play  John Constantine again on his own show, even if is not live action? Have you had the chance to see the first half of the season? Be sure to let us know your thoughts in the usual spot!

CITY OF DEMONS: John Constantine uses his skills as a demon hunter and master of the dark arts to protect the world from the supernatural terrors that threaten it. Armed with an arcane knowledge of the dark arts and a wicked wit, he fights the good fight. With his soul already damned to hell, he'll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line‎, Constantine uses his skills to face the supernatural terrors that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows… maybe there's hope for him and his soul after all.


The first five episodes are written by J. M. DeMatteis and directed by Doug Murphy. Starring Matt Ryan as John Constantine, Damian O'Hare as Chas Chandler, Laura Bailey as the Nightmare Nurse, Emily O'Brien as Renee Chandler, and Jim Meskimen as Beroul. 




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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2018, 10:21 PM
dracula
dracula - 3/24/2018, 11:24 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - I guess this officially means that the Constantine TV series wasnt Earth One, and the Constantine we have been watching in Arrow and Legends isnt the Constantine from the show, and that the only thing connecting it is Matt Ryan, since they recast Chaz, gave him backstory that contradicts the tv series, and there has been no metion of Zed or any event of the series, outside of Astra, and she has always been apart of his backstory anyway. Sucks that they chose to go that way, but at least we are getting new Constantine stories and they wont be restricted by actor avalability
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 7:49 AM
@dracula - no it doesn't mean that at all. We need some more info before we can place the animated show in the Arrowverse. But the animated show does not erase the tv show from happening on earth 1.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 7:50 AM
@dracula - also remember that Matt Ryan voiced John in Justice League Dark. So for all we know, this new series could be non canonical, just like the JLD movie.
dracula
dracula - 3/25/2018, 11:07 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - True but the fact that this was made by the Arrowverse creators and the series wasnt, makes it more likely to be cannon. Plus like I said its not like we ever get any actual references to the tv series, other than Matt Ryan and Astra
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 11:11 AM
@dracula - that's again not entirely true. There was an episode of Legends the other week, with the death totem, that tied into an episode of the Constantine show. There have been other small references that I'm blanking on atm. The Constantine show IS in the Arrowverse.

Again, can't really say it is or is not part of the Arrowverse until more episodes air. If this takes place before the tv show, then it can still fit into the Arrowverse. But right now they seem to want to just make a Constantine animated show without any ties to anything else.
dracula
dracula - 3/25/2018, 11:37 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Really I think the only way we will know for sure is if, Live action Chaz or Zed show up, or they incorporate the Brujeria plot into Legends next season, or we will know for sure if its non canon, if any Arrowverse heroes show up in the web series. Also would be kind of strange why they would bother to make Vixen and Freedom Fighters The Ray canon, but not make Constantine City Of Demons non canon
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 11:44 AM
@dracula - Yeah I think we just have to wait and see, hopefully the last five episodes will provide some sort of clue. City of Demons was supposedly a continuation of the live action show, but I'm not seeing that yet. I do hope that they bring some other aspects of the Constantine show into next season of Legends. Also, it would be really awesome if we found out that the Brujeria were responsible for trying to free Mallus..
dracula
dracula - 3/25/2018, 12:51 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Well based on the web series, only one of them can be canon since there are several differences between Constantine City Of Demons, and Constantine The Series
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 2:26 PM
@dracula - Right... and it seems most likely that this is just in its own world, whereas the live action appearances are all the same Earth. They even had the actress who played Astra on the Constantine show return to voice Astra on the last Legends episode. Until there is anything that ties this animated show to the Arrowverse, it is best to consider it in its own world.
dracula
dracula - 3/25/2018, 3:22 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - I dont know I'd say a few things make it more likely that the Web series is cannon, for one thing there is the lack of Chaz and Zed, they were helping John during his show, now there is no mention of them, John appears to be on his own, and when Oliver called him in season 4, it looked like he was probably in England, which is where he is at the begining of the web series, while he was in america for the live action series
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 3:27 PM
@dracula - I thought that John was calling from New Orleans. Its been a while since I saw it. He also, in that episode, referred to something that had happened on the live action show.

Still, the live action is cannon and the animated series is not unless shown otherwise. Only time will tell.
JosephCronos92
JosephCronos92 - 3/24/2018, 11:53 PM
Man i still remember how terrified i was from the Keanu Reeves Constantine movie when i was a child, but then i got to watch it at my teenage edgy years lol i was all like: "I was scared as shit from this?! this is fking awesome!" jaja never got to watch the live action series but i like what i'm seeing from this, love the animation and design i'll give it a watch. Great article mate!

dracula
dracula - 3/25/2018, 12:22 AM
@JosephCronos92 - just know the Keanu Reeves movie isnt bad, but it is only Constantine in name, Keanu Reeves, doesnt act like Constantine and Constantine doesnt use cross shaped guns
JosephCronos92
JosephCronos92 - 3/25/2018, 1:16 AM
@dracula - yeah i've read that a lot around the internet: "Movie ain't bad, but is not Constantine". I still find the movie real fun, but i'm honestly liking what i see in this series a lot more, i might even give the live action a watch and dig into Constatntine comic-lore, any first-hand recommendations?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/25/2018, 11:13 AM
@JosephCronos92 - thanks!

Krav
Krav - 3/25/2018, 2:48 AM
i don't live in the US
Dedpool
Dedpool - 3/26/2018, 11:32 AM
Yes please! Between this and him joining Legends I am thoroughly happy.
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