Francis Lawrence is aiming to earn a tough R ranking with Keanu Reeves sequel

Seventeen years after the discharge of the DC Comics adaptation Constantine (watch it HERE), a sequel is lastly transferring forward with director Francis Lawrence again on the helm and star Keanu Reeves reprising the position of occult skilled John Constantine. Talking with The Wrap, Lawrence revealed that his greatest remorse in regards to the first Constantine was the truth that it was shot for a PG-13 ranking however ended up receiving an R ranking anyway. With Constantine 2, he intends to goal for an R ranking from the beginning.

Lawrence stated, “One of many greatest issues for me in regards to the first one was we adopted, per Warner Bros., the principles to make a PG-13 film when it comes to violence, blood, language, sexuality. However the scores board gave us a tough R based mostly on their the grey zone of depth. And my large, large remorse was that we’ve got an R-rated film that’s actually a PG-13 film. And if I used to be going to need to go have an R, I might have actually made an R-rated film. I might have made it a lot scarier and way more violent and I might have actually made an R-rated film. The concept is that this time, no less than for me, is to actually go at it and make an actual R-rated Constantine which is, I believe, what folks all the time needed initially, not the PG-13 model that simply occurs to get an R.“

Scripted by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, the primary Constantine had the next synopsis:

As a suicide survivor, demon hunter John Constantine has actually been to hell and again — and he is aware of that when he dies, he’s bought a one-way ticket to Devil’s realm except he can earn sufficient goodwill to climb God’s stairway to heaven. Whereas serving to policewoman Angela Dodson examine her equivalent twin’s obvious suicide, Constantine turns into caught up in a supernatural plot involving each demonic and angelic forces. Based mostly on the DC/Vertigo “Hellblazer” comics.

Lawrence stated it took so lengthy for a sequel to get off the bottom as a result of Warner Bros. had the Constantine character tied up in different initiatives. “We lastly have been form of given the permission to go forward and do our model of Constantine as a result of persons are all the time saving him to be a part of some shared universe factor or some TV factor or no matter. And now I believe folks understand that there may actually be an urge for food for one more model of the Keanu Constantine.“

Constantine producer Akiva Goldsman can be writing Constantine 2. He’s additionally producing the movie with J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella. Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Erwin Stoff function govt producers.

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