Constantine sequel in works with Keanu Reeves on board

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constantine.jpgConstantine was mildly enjoyed by audiences in North America but overseas it was a massive hit. So because Keanu Reeves wouldn’t mind playing the role again there will now be a sequel. Here’s what the people over at moviehole.net have to say:

Constantine was huge foreign, international, therefore, there is a good financial reason to make a sequel”, producer Lauren Schuler Donner tells the site. “And, I think we really want to do it as a hard R, I mean, really go into the Constantine world and do it even more justice than the movie, even though I thought the movie was true to its core. We have a terrific idea of the world we want to go into, it’s a nice, really terrifying world and Keanu [Reeves] is willing so we should do it!”

The sequel, which original director Francis Lawrence will only produce this time, will be set in a “Latin American country, I’ll say that, a South American country”, says Donner.

I was not a fan of the first Constantine, I rented it and turned it off after the first twenty minutes. But I know a lot of people who loved it. If they have to make a Constantine sequel, this way does sound interesting.

I think Reeves is smart to stick with Constantine. He’ll get paid more and his reputation will survive anything at this point. The guy knows what he’s good at and he’s sticking to his market.

The rated R goal is an interesting move. Funny to hear producers talking about an R rating as a goal, usually it is all about just skimming under that rating. But to work at getting the story darker and bloodier will draw in the gore loving guy market. Also a South American location will be good for the eeriness of the landscapes and the architecture with all of those gothic Catholic touches.

This is one of the few movies where I think the sequel has more potential than the original.

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  1. Constantine 2 should pick up where it left off exactly.

    The character of Gabrielle can be really cool with Tilda Swinton, but how great would it be for the True Gabrielle…..Christopher Walken!!!!

    I know in today’s budgeting, it would be prudent to keep the cost lower than the first, but there are many actors out there, schedule permiting, that would play these roles with this great vision, for little if no money.

    Gabrielle- Tilda Swinton/Christoper Walken
    Lucifer- Peter Stormayer
    Angel Michael (Sean Bean)

  2. I think Constantine sequel would be great with a strong R rating. The characters of Lucifer and Gabriel were great, not to mention Papa Midnite. They can definitely continue the story surrounding the Spear of Destiny, however, make the battle scenes on another plane of existence, where we can have a battle royal with all of the characters involved together, even with Chas. Peter Stormayer played a great Lucifer, but how about some details on the history of the weapons they use against the demons, and why they are effective.

    THe comics are great, but I think to make this a great R, involve a little of Sin City’s and The 300 style of filming in certain parts.

    Perhaps Hellboy can make a cameo to really get it to come full circle.

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    I THOUGHT CONSTANTINE WAS AS CLOSE TO THE REAL A KIND OF SCARY AS
    ANY MOVIE SINCE THE EXORCIST.ANY GOD FEARING CATHOLIC WHO LIKES TO
    PUT THERE WITS TO THE TEST DROOLS OVER THE PROSPECT OF A SEQUEL
    TO THE FIRST.WHAT STUDIO IS DOING IT AND WHO’S THE DIRECTOR.

  38. Oh great. They’re going to make a sequel of a NON-SMOKING Constantine.

    That’s like a Jedi without a light saber. Spiderman without his web. Lara Croft without her guns.

  39. I only bought it because it is set in Liverpool, where I’m from, except it isn’t is it Mr Reeves, nor are you welsh and ‘the movie was true to its core’ is a blatant lie

  41. I loved the Constantine movie, but hate to see he was turned American without blond hair (and Sting looks), also that there was more to do about exorcism than magical stuff. Besides that characters were well written. I’m in for a 2nd round

  42. I have been an avid reader of Hellblazer and John Constantine really kick ass in each issue. Although they based the story on a great material, getting the PG13 doesn’t do justice for fans of Hellblazer.

    I hope that the sequel would do well and we’ll get to see the real Constantine swearing as much as he smoke.

  43. I think I’m one of the few people who really enjoyed the movie. True it wasn’t the comics but I liked it for what it was (and some of the special effects were awesome).

    And flippedman, dude, I hope you’re joking. Chain Reaction had to be one of the worse movies of all time. And I’m a big Keanu fan but that thing sucked. Bad.

  44. Reeves was HORRIBLY HORRIFICALLY HORRIBLE in the first one. They need to get someone who can act. Taking the supernatural into hard r territory will be good and I’m glad to see that happen.

  46. First of all, the int’l friends have flipped thier cookies. You don’t need a lot of gore to make an effective R rated horror film. John Carpenter’s Halloween, and the original Fog.

    As for Constitine, is was alright, nothing special. I might be interested if Keanu dyed his hair blonde, though, and starts living oversas, where a slight British accent…oh wait, what the hell am I thinking!

  49. I really liked the first one. I thought I was in the minority, but looking at the above comments, I guess I’m not.

    I thought it had a great visual style and told a cool story. I wasnt a constantine comic fan (never read a single issue to be honest) so I wasnt bothered in the least by the fact that they went with a non-british, non-blonde actor. In fact, casting Keanu made it MORE appealing as far as I’m concerned. But what do I know?

    I would rather Francis Lawrence came back and directed the sequel but whoever they pick might bring something even better to the table. Cant wait.

  51. Awsome news. I for one did love the first one. There was a rumor for quite some time that there just wasn’t going to be a 2nd one. So glad to see this was only a rumor or Keanu saying it wasn’t going to happen.

    Also glad to see Keanu Reeves back too, even if it is just for money. I’d like to think it wasn’t just for money though. Cuz of the Matrix series I thought he just liked playing these risky, but badass characters.

    Allot of people put Reeves down as an actor. But I actualy like him and if anything I thnk he’s pretty cool. Thought he was great in the first Constantine. True more then half his acting in the Matrix was flat and lame as could be, but I couldn’t figure out if that was just suppost to be the Neo character or really his acting.

    And I agree with Norddeth, PG-13 horror movies are REALLY starting to get old. Speshaly the ones that are right at PG-13 or almost below and don’t really scare you or show any gore at all. I mean whats up with that?! Like Boogy Man, that thing was soooo stupid…

  52. A while Back Mr. Reeves stated flatly there would be no sequel to Constantine. He said that he loved the character and would come back as long as long as the “same people” were involved, but apparantly the studio disagreed and that was his reason for not returning.

    And now I see this, and it seems the “same people” was the director and now he is only in a producing role. Looks like there was some compremises made for the sake of money. Go figure.

    What the fuck ever, I loved Constantine and looking forward to them going for the hard R. Not just R mind you, but the new trendy “Hard R”

    And for those Hostel Haters, you better show Hostel some love bitches because Hostel showed the studios hard R ratings can be profitable. No more PG-13 horrors!!!!!

    Nord

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