Francis Lawrence's demonic thriller in 2005 Constantine was not very well considered when it first came out. Some critics liked visual films, and many praised Peter Stormar's play as Satan, but just as critics (including including Jackack Matthews in DailyYouf Daily News) Lamps on the movie because it is a painful traditional action/murder fantasy hooey. Constantine was also unnoticeable at box office, regardless of $ 200 million worldwide with a $ 100 million budget (which, according to Hollywood accounting, is not a blockbuster).

The film was based on Hellblazer comics, released by vertigo adult oriented, and many fans of comics eventually came to admire Lawrence's film adaptation. A cult was growing. As early as 2022, Warner Bros. found that the capital of the original film grew to the point where Sequel can be officially announced.

"Constantine 2" has been in pre-production for three years. /The film offers an update in September 2023And the film was put on hold because of the strike by the writers. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman said he and Reeves came to the story, but that a real scenario was not yet written. The strike probably put "Constantine 2" at rest for at least a year. Then, was the subject of the new restarted DC Comics Universe by Jamesesheims Gun, who will debut with Superman later this year. Since Johnon Constantine is the character of comics in the DC, some quarrels were probably supposed to happen with Gun and his team.

Another big reason for the delay is that Keanu Reeves, dedicated to replaying his role as Johnon Constantine, does not want any of the scripts. Directly recently spoke with Stormmer For the film, he had the weak. It seems that all scripts have been too much action forward so far, which is not in mind Reeves.

Oh, yes, and not to bury Lede: Stormar seems to really come back as Lucifer. Reported and the deadline In February 2025 that Reeves and Lawrence (also returning) had made a new idea for Warner Bros., so the process was still ground. No script is manifested.

And we will see how much the creative freedom Reeves and Lawrence will get. Stor said in his direct interview that a major study has a bad tendency to "strengthen" the sequels, even if not justified. In his words, Warner Bros. wanted "cars flying in the air. They want to have people to make flip-flops and fight the action scenes." While Constantine had demon fights, it wasn't a movie on a fight. Most of the topics were spiritual, and Johnon Constantine was a cynical cancer, which performed exorcisms of rock-roll, not a hard-working, which hits people in the face. Reeves, who turns 61 this year, does not need another action series like the "Matrix" or "Johnon Wick" on his biography. He wants this to be different. Theorized storm:

"I think Kianu says," I did it "Johnon Wick." This movie is spiritual. And we talked about it.

This is a sound theory, as anyone who pays attention to Hollywood seems to know how big study and directors tend to think. Repeat the winning formula and add populist fun. Even the demonic films operated by characters do not fit that mold.

Stormare said the WB wanted his Lucifer to look traditionally demonic, with horns and tail. In Lawrence's film, Lucifer looks like an ordinary man in a white suit and without a tie. It was the performance of Stormmer who made the character demonic, not makeup. Because of this, he understands that the studio can get nervous when they reduce the drama of wounded exorcist in the 1960s. The storm knows that Reeves wants to explore Johnon Constantine as a character, seeing what is happening to the man who knows he is out of the sacred ransom. No one wants it to be a high -octane superhero movie. As Storr said:

"It turns into an action movie, not how to get deeper and deeper into the characters. I think he wants to make his face again, Constantine, as based as it was in the first. It takes a long time for you to become a cult film, it really worked, and it will work again.

Of course, all this is the second information, and Stormar has recognized it as "listening". What we can collect is that Reeves is really "selective", making sure the film comes out the way you would like. Lawrence is best known for his ambitious plays caused by genre as "I am a legend", four of the films "Games of Hunger" and, come later in 2025, "Long Walk", based on Steven King's story. No doubt, he and Reeves will insert a lot of demonic action into their film. Time will say, however, if this job is ever done.