New "Constantine 2" Script Draft Has Keanu Reeves Approval

Dan Lalonde
Oct 5
2 min read

Constantine Keanu Reeves Peter Stormare Matt Ryan

What is your favorite film that has to do with religion? Mine may be an odd choice, but it's 'Left Behind' starring Nicolas Cage and Chad Michael Murray. I didn't really realize what I was watching until halfway through the film, which was about every child and everyone who believed in God being whisked away to heaven, leaving survivors wondering what the heck was going on. Kinda like Bill Cosby when he accidentally eats his own Jello.

Keanu Reeves, in an interview with Fandango, talked about a new draft of 'Constantine 2' being finished: "Fingers crossed. Another draft of the script came in. We're gonna take it to the studio and hopefully they like it too."

The 2005 movie, which was directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), has been overtaken in the last ten years in fans' minds by the Matt Ryan version that he played in the short-lived TV series on NBC in 2014 and the Arrowverse show 'Legends Of Tomorrow.' I think producers should seriously consider having a Constantineverse and have both of them.

Last year, Peter Stormare (Prison Break), who played Lucifer, talked about where the sequel stood: "It's a lot of back and forth, because... I think Keanu [Reeves], which I know pretty good, is not so happy with the scripts and usually what comes out of the studios... Because the first one wasn't that successful in the beginning, it became a sleeper and became a cult movie, and now it is one of the biggest cult movies ever. But to do a sequel, the studios want to have, you know, cars flying in the air. They want to have people doing flip-flops and fighting action scenes."

"And I think Keanu says, 'I've done 'John Wick.' This movie is spiritual. It's about demons and regular people. And I wanted to keep it that way.' And we talked about that. I want to do God coming down exactly the same way, but in a black suit and looking more or less like Lucifer from the first one. I'm 12 years older, so it's going to be hard to, you know, completely imitate the first movie. But, I think from Keanu, he wants to do a sequel that is very close to the first one."

Would you rather see a sequel to 'I Am Legend' or 'Constantine' first? Comment below with your thoughts.