- There’s been some progress on the proposed sequel to the 2005 cult classic
- Reeves says he’s been trying to make a sequel happen for years
- He said John Constantine would be “tortured even more”
Keanu Reeves has offered some hope to fans of the cult classic Constantine who want to see a sequel to the original 2005 film.
The actor revealed that he’d been trying for years to get a sequel off the ground – and now, he’s made some headway with it.
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“We’ve [along with director Francis Lawrence] 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, ‘OK.’ So, we’re going to try and write a script,” he told Inverse.
Reeves asserted that the sequel would be set in the “same world” as the original film.
“We’re not going off that,” he added. “John Constantine’s going to be tortured even more.”
What else has been said about the chances of a sequel?
Reeves’ comments back up director Francis Lawrence’s recent update on the film’s progress.
Last week, he said that he and Reeves are “closer than ever to being able to do a sequel” and have a “great idea” in mind for it. The inspiration, he said, came from having the character “in the back of our minds for 20 years and just kind of percolating on ideas, and stories and characters we love, and ideas we love.”
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“We have gone through a bunch of the comics over the years and looked at things,” he added.
In 2023, he mentioned that the sequel had suffered some setbacks due to the writer’s strike. “And we had to jump through a bunch of hurdles to get control of the character again, because other people had control of the Vertigo stuff,” he told Gamespot. “We have control.”
What happened in the original Constantine?
Constantine is a loose adaptation of the DC Comics/Vertigo Comics’ Hellblazer series. Reeves played the titular character John Constantine, an angsty exorcist who can see and communicate with angels and demons.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it quickly earned a cult following.
It also starred Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Djimon Hounsou, Gavin Rossdale, and Peter Stormare.
