Francis Lawrence; Keanu Reeves inConstantine(2005).Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; RGR Collection/Alamy
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; RGR Collection/Alamy
Like its predecessor, the upcoming sequel toConstantinewill have an R rating.
Francis Lawrence— who directed the 2005Keanu Reeves-led superhero horror flick and will return to helmConstantine 2— revealed plans for the future installment in a recent interview for theBroBiblePost Credit Podcast.
“However, we are actively coming up with ideas to create a part two, and it will be very rated R,” added the filmmaker.
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Keanu Reeves inConstantine(2005).TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy
TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy
The original film, which is based on DC’sHellblazercomics, follows Constantine through his cursed existence fighting evil demons. The movie grossed over $200 million worldwide upon its release.
Goldsman will write the screenplay and produce the project through his Weed Road Pictures, alongside Bad Robot’sJ.J. Abramsand Hannah Minghella, according toDeadline, which was first to report the news of the upcoming sequel back in September 2022.
But, he teased, his “instinct is” not so much to tell the story of “what happens two weeks after the lastConstantine,” but instead, of “an older version of John Constantine.”
Keanu Reeves inConstantine(2005).AJ Pics/Alamy
AJ Pics/Alamy
Reeves has never shied away from how much he has hoped to one day step back into the role of the trenchcoat-wearing hero.
In a December 2021 conversation withStephen Colbert, he said Constantine was at the top of his list of characters he’d be stoked to return to.
“I wouldlove to be John Constantineagain,” Reeves said. “I’ve tried.”
During a 15th-anniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Goldsman, 61, said they’d tried for years to make aConstantinesequel, but claimed the studio said the box-office earnings didn’t warrant it.
“We wanted to make … a hard-R sequel,” he said at the time. “I think we’d probably make it tomorrow. Yes, we tried a lot of different ways to find … it was always to the studios who made it, which were Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. It was always a little bit of a feathered fish.”
source: people.com
