While fans worry about the state of DC after news of James Gunn and Peter Safran's exit, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel, as the shakeup has made Constantine director Francis Lawrence believe that a sequel can actually happen now.
"Not that I want anybody to lose their jobs… but I will say that we’ve been trying to make Constantine 2 for 20-something years, and we have an idea, and we have a script, and we’ve been wanting to make it," said Lawrence to Collider, "and the people that were at DC were an impediment to us making it. So, we are now more hopeful as of yesterday’s news that maybe now there will be another opportunity."
Lawrence added, "There’s always been obstacles in the road to making it, and it’s not me, it’s not Keanu, it’s not Akiva. J.J. [Abrams] is on it, as well. We all want to do it. So, it’s really going to be people at Paramount, Warner, whoever’s running DC now, getting everybody on board to say, like, 'Hey, we can do a sequel of our version of Constantine.'"
On November 9, it was announced that Gunn and Peter Safran are stepping down as DC Studios co-CEOs on December 1, 2026, just over four years after they were hired. The pair will be replaced by former Marvel Studios executive Jeremy Latcham. This comes not long after Skydance-owned Paramount acquired Warner Bros. and all it owns, including HBO, DC Studios, and various franchises.
Released in 2005, Constantine loosely adapts DC Comics' Hellblazer series, following Keanu Reeves as cynical exorcist John Constantine, who can travel between the realms of life and death. But when he is approached by Rachel Weisz's detective to help investigate her twin sister's death, Constantine unravels a conspiracy where demons are trying to enter the real world. The movie was actually Lawrence's directorial debut, before he went on to helm such titles as The Hunger Games and I Am Legend.
The last we heard of the sequel is that it is still in early development, with Evil Dead Wrath's Francis Galluppi penning the script. No plot details have been revealed at this time. But tt's not just the Constantine sequel that is up in the air right now, as it is not clear what will happen to the rest of the DC projects currently in the works. Reports suggest the company plans to "dismantle" Gunn's DCU: Chapter One.
For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with upcoming DC movies and shows announced before Gunn's departure.
