Warner Bros. is reuniting the star with director Francis Lawrence.
After bringing again The Matrix final yr, Warner Bros. is reviving yet one more Keanu Reeves property. The studio is creating a sequel to 2005’s Constantine, the movie primarily based on the supernatural DC property, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The mission is to reunite Reeves with director Francis Lawrence, who helmed the unique. This time round, veteran scribe Akiva Goldsman will write the script. Goldsman will even produce by way of Weed Highway Footage, with J.J. Abrams producing by way of Dangerous Robotic with Hannah Minghella. Deadline first reported the information.
Abrams has been creating a Constantine sequence for HBO Max, nevertheless its standing is unclear at this stage, as beneath newly merged firm Warner Bros. Discovery, there was a shift in technique, with an emphasis on theatrical tasks for DC characters.
Constantine earned $230 million globally and the character has been stored alive within the public consciousness. After Reeves’ iteration of the character, who in DC lore is an occult detective, the Matt Ryan performed John Constantine in an NBC sequence, and afterward The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Within the years for the reason that first Constantine movie, Reeves’ star energy has solely risen, with the actor juggling a number of franchises, together with John Wick. The fourth installment bows in March.
Lawrence, in the meantime, has a packed schedule. He's at present filming The Starvation Video games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and can be connected to direct the Netflix videogame adaptation Bioshock.
Reeves is repped by WME, Sugar23 and Ziffren Brittenham. Lawrence is repped by CAA, 3 Arts and Hansen Jacobsen.