Followers of Constantine appear to have nothing to fret about because the movie’s director, Francis Lawrence, has given a relatively promising replace concerning the sequel. February 18, 2025, marks the twentieth anniversary of Constantine‘s theatrical debut in 2005. Primarily based on the Hellraiser comedian sequence by Vertigo, the film sees Keanu Reeves step into the function of DC Comics’ favourite occult magic consumer, John Constantine. The movie was a average field workplace hit however has grown a cult following, and after years of hypothesis, Constantine 2 was introduced in September 2022.
Talking with Leisure Weekly, director Francis Lawrence has spoken concerning the sequel and revealed that the film is in lively growth. “We simply began cooking up some concepts. I’ll say that we’re nearer than ever to a Constantine sequel, that there’s an concept that Keanu and Akiva and I all actually love, and that’s being actively developed now,” Lawrence mentioned. Whereas the unique Constantine aimed for a PG-13 ranking however nonetheless wound up with an R ranking, the aim now could be to embrace the movie’s mature ranking from the beginning. “Fairly truthfully, we got here out of the primary [movie] loving the method, not loving the truth that we bought an R, however we thought if we will get an R, let’s embrace that. Let’s do the R-rated, scarier model of a Constantine sequel.”
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Concerning what held the sequel up for therefore lengthy, it seems to be a number of elements, together with the strikes and issues round who had the rights to Constantine. Lawrence mentioned:
“I’ll say that the strikes had a little bit little bit of an influence…The issue was with a number of regime modifications at Warner Bros., at DC, and the DC characters being tossed round from individual to individual to particular person. The large hurdle over these final 20 years has been who has the rights to those Vertigo characters or “DC Darkish”? NBC did make a sequence. We have at all times gotten held up as a result of they go, “No, we have Constantine. We need to do one thing with Constantine. You guys cannot do your Constantine.” Lastly, I feel that is proper earlier than the strikes, we bought all people to say, “Okay, you’ll be able to go.”
Regardless that Constantine 2 is being developed, followers ought to anticipate to attend a bit to see the film. Lawrence confirmed that he’ll first movie The Starvation Video games: Dawn of the Reaping, which already has a November 20, 2026 launch date. This means followers ought to anticipate to attend fairly some time for Constantine 2. No story particulars are confirmed for the highly-anticipated sequel, and except for Keanu Reeves, no different actors from the unique movie are confirmed to return.
‘Constantine 2’ Lengthy Journey by way of Growth Hell
The concept of Constantine getting a sequel definitely looks like a dream come true for followers. Keanu Reeves even begged Warner Bros. to do it on a number of events. The film opened at a bizarre level for diversifications of DC Comics on movie. Regardless of being a darker comedian e-book adaptation, it was barely overshadowed by Batman Begins, which opened later that yr and was a much bigger hit on the field workplace. Constantine grossed $75 million on the home field workplace. Whereas that will have been seen as a flop contemplating its reported $100 million finances, the film’s worldwide gross of $230 million mixed with sturdy DVD gross sales confirmed that there was an viewers for Constantine, significantly Keanu Reeves’ interpretation of the character.
In some ways, the 2005 Constantine launched the character to a wider viewers and made him one of many greatest names in DC Comics. Warner Bros. beforehand tried to develop a Constantine tv sequence for Max from producer J.J. Abrams as a part of the DCEU; nevertheless, these plans had been scrapped in favor of Constantine 2, seeking to money in on the profession resurgence of star Keanu Reeves. Regardless that Constantine 2 was first introduced one month earlier than it was confirmed that James Gunn and Peter Safran would develop into the heads of DC Studios, the sequel fortunately remained secure, labeled an Elseworlds title. In 2005, the concept of a Constantine sequel appeared like one thing followers would solely dream of, however now it’s near actuality.
Constantine
- Launch Date
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February 18, 2005
- Runtime
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121 Minutes