‘Constantine 2’ Will Be Rated R If Director Francis Lawrence Gets His Way
thewrap.comWhen speaking to director Francis Lawrence about his new Netflix movie “Slumberland” (streaming later this week), we had to ask him about his plans for “Constantine 2,” which was recently announced as officially happening.
This new “Constantine” sequel, which will reunite him with original star Keanu Reeves and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, will be different in at least one key aspect, at least if Lawrence has his way.
Get ready for a hard-R “Constantine.”While Lawrence said that he didn’t think “Constantine 2” would be his next project (the director also just finished shooting the “Hunger Games” prequel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”), “All I know is that Keanu and Akiva and I have been wanting to do it forever.” He said that “all of that craziness with DC” has actually subsided, letting them reclaim the character. “We finally have been sort of given the permission to go ahead and do our version of Constantine because people are always saving him to be part of some shared universe thing or some TV thing or whatever.
And now I think people realize that there might really be an appetite for another version of the Keanu Constantine.”Released in 2005, “Constantine” found Reeves filling the role of the titular exorcist with the ability to talk to angles and demons.J.J.
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