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One of the most exciting pieces of news back in September was the announcement that Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence were re-teaming for a sequel to 2005’s DC Comics adaptation “Constantine” at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Reeves starred as the chain-smoking supernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine from the “Hellblazer” comics who attempts to help a woman (Rachel Weisz) and gets caught up in the battle between heaven and hell.

It’s a role that Reeves remains passionate about, and it seems that love for the character is a big reason the Francis Lawrence-directed film scored a go ahead on developing a sequel.

Speaking with Total Film magazine for the upcoming fourth “John Wick” film, Reeves was asked if there was unfinished business he had with the John Constantine character that made him go after a follow-up. He revealed that he was the one pushing Warners execs for years to get the film made:

“I don’t know if it was unfinished business but it was definitely a role that I loved. And I thought that Francis Lawrence, the director, did such amazing work. I loved playing that character, and I really enjoyed the film. I was like, [adopts Oliver Twist voice] ‘Can I please have some more?’ I kept asking almost every year, I’d be like, ‘Can I please?’ [and] they’d be like, ‘No, no!’”

The original film grossed $230 million but with its $70-90 million production budget the results weren’t high enough for a sequel go-ahead, and the critical reception was soft. Despite bearing little resemblance to the source material, the film has managed to garner a passionate fanbase that wanted a sequel as Reeves.

When Reeves got his was and Warners said ‘yes,’ his team has begun work on the project which is still in early stages as they are “just starting to try and put a story together” at this point:

“So it’s exciting. It’s almost like an open playground that we can hopefully cook something up and play in, and I guess get out of the playground and prepare a meal. But I’m looking forward to it, and hopefully it can happen. You don’t know how these things go. But I’m definitely going to try my darndest to try and realise that dream.”

Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou and Gavin Rossdale also starred in the original film. The sequel will see Akiva Goldsman return to write the screenplay and produce alongside J. J. Abrams & Hannah Minghella.



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