“Constantine” will have a sequel starring Keanu Reeves with Francis Lawrence returning to direct

17 years after the theatrical release of the first episode, Warner Bros. has decided to give the green light to a sequel: ‘Constantine’ returns and does so with the help of its protagonist, Keanu Reeves, and the director of the original, Francis Lawrence. Lawrence, who made his directorial debut with the 2005 film, isn’t the only team member to return with Reeves since, and it’s that, according to Deadline, Akiva Goldsman, producer of the first installment, is also part of the team. new project not only to produce but to take charge of the screenplay.

On numerous occasions Reeves had shown his desire to reincarnate the supernatural exorcist John Constantine, but the DC Extended Universe seemed to have no room for other episodes led by this demonologist. Now Warner has changed her mind by saving the character who gave her the most “superhero” joy beyond the Batman movies, Superman. With the arrival of ‘Wonder Woman’ the paradigm has changed, but the 200 million dollars in raising that ‘Costantino’ managed to make in his day made it clear that there was a ‘potential’. Along with Goldsman, who is producing with Weed Road Pictures, the film will see production by JJ Abrams and Hannah Minghella also via Bad Robot.

Recently, during the first post-pandemic summer, Goldsman commented that the “Constantine” crew had done it “I can’t wait to do a sequel, very violent for an adult audience” and that if it depended on them they would get to work “Tomorrow”. Curiously, at that time, in 2020, the possibility of a continuation was not yet contemplated, according to the aforementioned manufacturer because “for the studios that made it, Warner Bros and Village Roadshow, always it was a little strange, something strange”.

Classification R

Another reason why “Costantino” would have waited almost two decades in a drawer is his approach to history, one so violent that it ended the film with the much-maligned R rating in the United States (similar to that for people over 18 in Spain). This made his director unhappy because, as he himself revealed, he had controlled himself to avoid it. Lawrence also claimed then, two years ago, that if he was back for a sequel I would never consider holding myself back like that.and that the goal would be to create a “Constantine 2” as strange as the original but much more violent.