Constantine 2: Can Keanu Reeves finally hope for a sequel after the shakeup at DC Studios?

The departure of James Gunn and Peter Safran at the head of DC Studios could well change the situation for Constantine 2. After years of stalemate, director Francis Lawrence finds a little hope…

It’s a Hollywood sea serpent that could finally emerge from the earth.

For more than twenty years, Francis Lawrence has been trying to begin work on the continuation of Constantinehis 2005 fantasy film starring Keanu Reeves. And the departure of James Gunn and Peter Safran from the management of DC Studios seems to give him some hope.

Questioned by Collider, the director does not hide his relief, while taking care to specify that he is not happy with the departure of the two directors:

“It’s not that I want people to lose their jobs, so it’s not some kind of unhealthy gloating. But I will say that we have been trying to make Constantine 2 for over twenty years. We have an idea, we have a script and we want to do it. And the people who were at the head of DC until today were an obstacle to its realization…“

The filmmaker continues by explaining that the reshuffle at the head of DC could, perhaps, be favorable to him:

“We are therefore now more optimistic, after yesterday’s news (the departure of Gunn and Safran, Editor’s note), and we hope that a new opportunity will perhaps present itself. But again, we’ve been trying to make this film for over twenty years and there have always been obstacles in our way. And it’s not my doing, nor Keanu’s, nor Akiva’s. JJ (Abrams) is also working on the project. We all want to do it. So it all depends on the people at Paramount, Warner and those who run DC today. Everyone has to come together and say: Hey, we can make a sequel to our version of Constantine.“

Francis Lawrence also specifies that a possible sequel could perfectly coexist with another adaptation of the character within the new DC universe:

“If DC wants to make another version of Constantine for its shared universe, the two can coexist. Since yesterday’s news, I have found new hope: there might finally be a possibility of moving things forward.“

Keanu Reeves has never hidden his desire to return to the character of John Constantine, whom he played in the 2005 film. Akiva Goldsman has been announced as writing the screenplay, while JJ Abrams is among the producers of the project.

Still, this newfound enthusiasm does not mean thatConstantine 2 is officially launched. No production release has been announced to date.