Keanu Reeves is keen to as soon as once more go well with up in John Constantine‘s signature trench coat and tie. Nearly twenty years after he first brought the DC Comics/Vertigo character to life in Francis Lawrence’s 2005 movie “Constantine,” Reeves says there could lastly be motion on a possible “Constantine 2.”
Though he’s been vocal about wanting a “Constantine” sequel since 2019, Reeves just lately revealed he thinks “Constantine 2” is prepared for a script: “We’ve been trying to make this film for over a decade, and we just recently put a story together and pitched it to DC Studios and they said, ‘Okay,’” Reeves advised Inverse. “So, we’re going to try and write a script.”
While Reeves saved quiet on particular plot particulars, he says his and Lawrence’s concept for a “Constantine” sequel takes place in the identical, dreary world as the unique. “We’re not going off that,” he confirmed, and joked that followers might count on lots extra angst for the occultist: “John Constantine’s going to be tortured even more.”
On a latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Reeves and Francis reunited to debate Constantine’s twentieth anniversary, the movie’s legacy and a possible future script: “It’s just fun to be in the same room and talk ‘Constantine,’” Reeves stated.
“Akiva [Goldsman] is writing, and Keanu and Akiva and I have been collaborating, and I think we have some really, really great ideas that we’re super, super excited about. And I think we’re pretty close on having an object that is really workable,” Francis added.
Though the “Constantine” character has remained dormant on the massive display screen, Matt Ryan has introduced the character to life throughout numerous live-action and animated tv initiatives together with a short-lived “Constantine” NBC sequence within the character’s theatrical absence.