Keanu Reeves wanted CONSTANTINE 2 to happen so much he asked WB to make it every year until they said yes

After years of waiting, Warner Bros. has finally decided to move forward with a sequel to the 2005 DC film Constantine with Keanu Reeves going back to star e Francis Lawrence back to directing. It was actually quite a shocker when the news initially dropped because I didn’t think it was ever going to happen!

Good, Constantine 2 it’s happening and we can thank Keanu Reeves for helping carry it forward because he never gave up on the sequel. In fact, in a recent interview with Total Film, the actor said that almost every year he would ask the studio to make a sequel until they finally said yes. He explained:

“I don’t know if it was an unfinished business, but it was definitely a role that I loved. And I thought Francis Lawrence, the director, did such an amazing job. I loved playing that character and I really enjoyed the movie. I was how, [in a Oliver Twist voice] “Can I have some more?” “I kept asking almost every year. I was like, ‘May I please?’ and they said, ‘No, no!'”

But finally they gave in and said yes and JJ Abrams is set to produce the movie with Akiva Goldman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend, Star Trek: Strange New Words) set to write the script. Reeves continued to share his enthusiasm for the project:

“So it’s exciting. It’s almost like an outdoor playground where we can hopefully cook something and play, and I guess get out of the playground and make a meal. But I’m looking forward to it, and I hope that happens. I don’t you know how these things go.but i will definitely do my best to try and make that dream come true.

I can’t wait to see what Reeves, Lawrence and Goldsman end up doing with this sequel, but Reeves obviously intends to have fun making it! As of right now the creative team is “just starting to try and put a story together.”

Are you enthusiastic? Constantine 2 is it finally done?