Constantine 2: Director Francis Lawrence Reveals Plot Details And More! -

Constantine 2 is under development and leading actor Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence have now addressed the film’s status. The sequel to the 2005 movie was announced in September 2022. Constantine 2 will follow up on Reeves’ 2005 DC flick which is at just 46% on Rotten Tomatoes and stumbled at the box office with a $230.9 million worldwide gross.

Keanu Reeves and Francis Lawrence Speak On Constantine 2

During a recent press for his latest film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, director Francis Lawrence talked about supernatural DC sequel. In an interview with The Wrap, he explained how have had work to “wrangle some control” over the titular character across the years. “No, but we’ve had many obstacles. Me, Keanu, Akiva [Goldsman] have tried over the years to wrangle some control of the character again, because it had been handed over. I think NBC did a TV show, and then J.J. [Abrams] was going to try and do something. And then the regime at DC changed, and they’ve got their plans.”

Earlier in the year, Keanu Reeves spoke with Total Film and explained how much he loved playing the first movie. “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?'”

Once the studio finally signaled a green light, he and his team got to work. He expressed his excitement, “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 realize that dream.”

The film has some hurdles to overcome, especially as James Gunn has been clear that this time the bar is “going to be higher.” One challenge for the film will be finding an opening in Reeves’ busy schedule. A late 2025 release would be appropriate considering where the film is in development, which would also allow for a release around the month of Halloween to match the grimmer aesthetic of Constantine.