Constantine 2 Actor’s Update Means Release Date Won’t Happen Any Time Soon

May 29, 2025 - 12:00
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Constantine 2 Actor’s Update Means Release Date Won’t Happen Any Time Soon


Actor Peter Stormare, who portrayed Lucifer within the first Constantine film, says that Keanu Reeves isn’t “happy with the scripts” for the deliberate sequel. The Stand Your Ground actor additionally hinted that this undertaking would possibly comprise fewer motion sequences. Reeves portrayed the eponymous character in 2005’s Constantine, which acquired blended opinions on the time of its launch and has since change into a cult basic.

Peter Stormare teases Keanu Reeves desires Constantine 2 to be much less motion oriented

Peter Stormare revealed throughout an interview with The Direct that Reeves isn’t proud of the scripts for Constantine 2. He disclosed that there had been “a lot of back and forth” on the topic. “It’s a lot of back and forth, because… I think Keanu [Reeves], which I know pretty good, is not so happy with the scripts and usually what comes out of the studios.”

The veteran thespian famous that the primary film had change into a cult basic earlier than indicating that the studio needed an even bigger spectacle within the sequel. “But to do a sequel, the studios want to have, you know, cars flying in the air. They want to have people doing flip-flops and fighting action scenes.”

According to Stormare, Reeves has his personal imaginative and prescient for the film, and it’s rooted in spirituality. Stormare stated that the Matrix actor feared that the sequel might stray an excessive amount of from the core themes of the primary film.

Stormare talked about that Reeves was happy with the character he delivered to life within the first film earlier than implying that the latter would carry on engaged on the sequel till he was happy with it.

Per Stormare, Reeves desires his character to be “as grounded as it was in the first one.” He added, “You don’t have to add a lot of action and shootouts. You have other movies. Don’t turn it into big Marvel… Don’t bring in the big guns. Let it be.”

The Constantine sequel has been caught in a improvement limbo for some time. As per Inverse, in February 2025, Reeves revealed he and the primary film’s director, Francis Lawrence, submitted a narrative to DC Studios for the sequel and acquired a go-ahead to develop a script.

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on TremendousHeroHype.

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