Summary

  • Akiva Goldsman is working on the script for Constantine 2 and hopes to have it ready soon, potentially moving the project forward.
  • Constantine 2, not part of the DC Universe, may face challenges due to DC's high standards for Elseworlds projects.
  • There was a previous attempt at a TV show for Keanu Reeves' character.

Constantine 2's story currently being developed.

Speaking to DC Elseworlds movie, which he chose not to reveal any details about, even when asked if it was R-rated. Besides the update on the status of the Constantine 2 script, the writer revealed that Reeves' project was almost a TV show at one point, but ultimately, the rights situation did not allow it to come together. Check out the full quotes below:

"It's going fine. I’m writing a script about Constantine 2. It's good. I hope to have a script for my partners soon."

"There was always this desire, if not lurching, to try to redo it. We tried it for TV, and we could never quite get the rights back; the rights were sort of going around. There was a sort of ground swell—there was a TV series somewhere in there."

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Will Keanu Reeves' Constantine 2 Really Happen?

The Movie Does Not Have A Release Date

With Goldsman saying he hopes to finish Constantine 2's script soon, the project could move on to the next phase. While Reeves' return as Constantine is in development and should end up being made, that is not completely assured at the moment. The reason for that is Constantine 2's status as an Elseworlds project. That label is being used by DC to separate projects that take place in the new DC Universe and the Elseworlds films and shows, which are not DCU canon.

With Keanu Reeves' John Constantine not being part of the DCU, the character will have to climb a bigger hill in order to return to theaters. The reason for that is Gunn's Elseworlds comments. The creative chief of the DCU and DC Studios as a whole said in 2023 that "the bar for Elseworlds tales is going to be higher than the bar for something within DCU." Gunn also complemented that by saying, "It's got to be something really special for us to tell that story outside of our regular continuity," as the DCU has become DC's main focus.

Since the script for the movie is yet to be completed, Gunn has still not signed off on the story Constantine 2 will tell. As such, based on his comments, if the movie's script is not up to the high standards that Elseworlds projects need to meet, then Constantine 2 could be canceled. However, with the amount of ion and talent working on the film, Keanu Reeves will likely end up getting his time to shine as DC's Hellblazer in Constantine 2 in the coming years.

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Constantine
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Release Date
February 18, 2005
Runtime
121 minutes
Director
Francis Lawrence

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    Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson

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Constantine follows John Constantine, a chain-smoking occult detective who has journeyed to Hell and back. Released in 2005, the film pairs him with a policewoman to investigate her twin sister's mysterious suicide, taking them into a hidden world of demons and angels in modern Los Angeles.

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