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Keanu Reeves is heading back into a fan favorite role as a sequel to the cult favorite 2005 film ‘Constantine’ is in the works, according to a recent report by People magazine.
Fans will get to see Reeves, 58, reprise his role as exorcist/demonologist John Constantine after 17 years since the original first hit theaters. The supernatural thriller will re-team Reeves with original director Francis Lawrence.
The original film, which is based on DC’s ‘Hellblazer’ comics, follows Constantine through his cursed existence fighting evil demons. The movie grossed over $200 million worldwide upon its release.
Akiva Goldsman will write the screenplay and produce the project through his Weed Road Pictures, alongside Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella, according to Deadline, who was first to report the news.
Reeves has never shied away from how much he has hoped to one day step back into the role of the trenchcoat-wearing hero.
In a conversation with Stephen Colbert last year, he said Constantine was at the top of his list of characters he’d love to return to. “I would love to be John Constantine again,” he said. “I’ve tried.”
During a 15th-anniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Goldsman said they had tried for years to make a ‘Constantine’ sequel, but the studio said the box office earnings didn’t warrant it.
Reeves, whose acting career has spanned four decades, has recently appeared in ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ as the voice of Batman, ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ as Neo and ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ as Ted.
His latest hyped project ‘John Wick 4.’ as its lead actor and executive producer, is also set to release soon.
