Was James Gunn Against Constantine 2? Director Hopes to Make Keanu Reeves Sequel After Gunn Leaves

Constantine director Francis Lawrence says DC’s former leadership stood in the way of a sequel starring Keanu Reeves. He now hopes the project has another chance after the announced departures of James Gunn and Peter Safran.

In an interview with Collider recorded after the announcement, Lawrence said the team has a script and still wants to make the film:

“I don’t wish for anyone to lose their job, and I’m not gloating. But we’ve been trying to make Constantine 2 for more than twenty years. We have an idea, we have a script, we want to make this movie, and the people who were running DC at the time were standing in our way. After yesterday’s news, we’re hoping we’ll now have another opportunity. But, again, we’ve been trying to make this movie for more than twenty years, and every time, some obstacle has come up. It’s not me, it’s not Keanu, and it’s not Akiva. J.J. Abrams is involved in the project too. We all want to make it. Now it all depends on whether the people at Paramount, Warner, and those who will now be running DC can come to an agreement and say, ‘Yes, we can make a sequel to our version of Constantine.’”

Francis Lawrence

Джеймс Ганн был против «Константина 2» с Киану Ривзом? Режиссёр надеется запустить сиквел после его ухода — Image source: Warner Bros.

A few days before the leadership change, TheWrap reported that DC Studios was developing another film about John Constantine with Evil Dead Burn director Francis Galluppi. Lawrence sees no problem with two versions of the character and believes they could coexist, even if the studio decides to introduce its own Constantine into the main DC cinematic universe. Fans waiting for Reeves to return will have to be patient.

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