Will Keanu Reeves's 'Constantine' get a sequel?
What's the story
Francis Lawrence, the director of the action-horror film Constantine, is hopeful about a sequel after the recent changes at DC Studios. In an interview with Collider, he revealed that he's been trying to make a sequel for nearly two decades. Despite this long wait and some roadblocks along the way, he's optimistic now that James Gunn and Peter Safran have left their roles as co-heads of DC Studios. Constantine, released in 2005, was led by Keanu Reeves.
Sequel optimism
Lawrence has a script for the sequel
Lawrence said, "Not that I want anybody to lose their jobs, so this is not like a schadenfreude kind of thing, but I will say that we've been trying to make Constantine 2 for 20-something years, and we have an idea, and we have a script, and we've been wanting to make it, and the people that were at DC were an impediment to us making it."
"So, we are now more hopeful...maybe now there will be another opportunity."
Development
Lawrence on the challenges faced by makers
Lawrence added, "We've been trying to make this for 20-something years, and there's always been obstacles...and it's not me, it's not Keanu, it's not Akiva [producer Akiva Goldsman]."
"JJ [Abrams] is on it, as well. So, it's really going to be people at Paramount, Warner, whoever's running DC now, getting everybody on board to say, like, 'Hey, we can do a sequel of our version of Constantine.'"
The film was based on DC Comics's series, Hellblazer.
Sequel status
'Constantine 2' was reportedly in Warner Bros's development plans
In 2022, Deadline reported that Constantine 2 was part of Warner Bros's development plans.
Lawrence was set to direct from Goldsman's screenplay, with Reeves reprising his role. Goldsman was reportedly producing along with Abrams and Hannah Minghella.
However, the project has been stuck in limbo for a while now.
In 2025, Reeves spoke to Inverse about a story pitch made to DC Studios, but it hasn't progressed since then.