Constantine 2 Gains New Hope After DC Leadership Exit

Francis Lawrence said on November 11 that he feels more hopeful about making Constantine 2 after James Gunn and Peter Safran exited their roles as co-heads of DC Studios. The director said the sequel has been in development for more than 20 years, with an idea and a script ready, but that people previously at DC had been an obstacle to making it.

Lawrence said he, Keanu Reeves, producer Akiva Goldsman and J.J. Abrams all want to make the film. Moving ahead, he said, will require people at Paramount, Warner Bros. and whoever leads DC to agree to support the project. He also said a separate Constantine version for DC’s shared universe could coexist with the sequel.

Reeves said in 2025 that he and Lawrence had put together a story and pitched it to DC Studios, which approved trying to write a script. Gunn said that year he had discussed the project with Reeves but had not read a script. The sequel has also faced earlier delays, including a writers’ strike and hurdles over control of the Vertigo character.