Director Promises ‘Real R-Rated’ Sequel

Whereas there have been conversations previously about Constantine 2, it wasn’t till not too long ago {that a} sequel to the 2005 horror film was confirmed with each Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence collaborating as soon as once more. Although the manufacturing begin date has but to be introduced, the director up to now guarantees a “actual r-rated” follow-up characteristic.

Constantine debuted to blended critiques upon its launch, although it will definitely turned a cult basic a number of years after. It starred Reeves because the titular cynical exorcist John Constantine, who has a capability to journey throughout Earth and Hell. 

The superhero thriller, which is now celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a first-ever 4K launch (set to reach on February 18, 2025), served as Lawrence’s feature-length directorial debut. Quickly after, the director went on to helm a lot of acclaimed movement footage together with I Am Legend and 4 The Starvation Video games motion pictures.

What did Francis Lawrence say in regards to the deliberate Constantine sequel?

Although the director has already come a great distance since his first movie, making a sequel to Constantine has all the time been in his thoughts because the first film graced theaters in 2005. 

“I’d say greater than any of my different motion pictures, Constantine has been one thing that I felt like was actually worthy of a sequel. There’s a world you can actually discover and there’s a personality that we definitely beloved and actually wished to discover,” Lawrence instructed ComicBook. 

He continued, “When the film first got here out, it didn’t really feel like, ‘Oh, wow, the world is embracing our model of Constantine.’ There was a number of criticism that we didn’t have the blonde English model of him, and that Keanu was improper for it, and all these sorts of issues. And I believe that kind of opinion has actually swung round and adjusted, however we all the time actually beloved the world and we all the time wished to do a sequel.”

And now that the PG-13 label is longer a difficulty, Lawrence added: “And so we had been fascinated about it. We had additionally been given an R ranking once we form of made a PG-13 film and adopted all of the PG-13 guidelines. So we’re like, ‘F–okay it, let’s go and do a sequel and actually make an R-rated film. Give us an R, allow us to make an actual R-rated film.’”

Constantine additionally starred Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Shia LaBeouf, and extra. Different particulars in regards to the Constantine sequel stay below wraps.