After 17 years, Reeves is actually readied to reprise his function as the cursed exorcist and demonologist for a brand-new film. Keanu Reeves’ John Constantine is actually therefore experienced in the supernatural that he simply reanimated themself after 17 years. That is straight — a Constantine sequel is actually occurring, and Reeves is actually returning towards participate in the renowned sign.
EW has actually verified that the star is actually reteaming along with Detector Brothers. and Francis Lawrence, the director of the 2005 movie, for one more experience complying with the cursed exorcist and demonologist coming from DC’s Hellblazer comics. The screenplay will certainly be actually composed through Akiva Goldsman, who’s likewise creating together with J.J. Hannah Minghella and Abrams. Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Erwin Stoff get on panel as exec manufacturers.
Reeves has actually lengthy been actually available around his wish towards reprise his function as the chain-smoking, trench-coat-wearing hero. Talking to Stephen Colbert in 2015, he stated Constantine was actually the one sign he wished to go back to very most. I will like to become John Constantine once once more, he stated. I’ve attempted.
Throughout a 15th-anniversary board at San Diego Comic-Con the year prior to, Goldsman exposed that certainly there certainly possessed currently been actually various tries towards make a Constantine sequel, however package workplace profits just weren’t sufficient towards thrill the workshop.
Our team wished to make… a hard-R sequel, he stated. I believe we’d most likely make it tomorrow. Indeed, our team attempted a great deal of various methods towards find… it was actually constantly towards the workshops that created it, which were actually Town Detector Brothers and Roadshow. It was actually constantly a bit of a feathered fish.