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

Actor Peter Stormare, who portrayed Lucifer in the first Constantine movie, says that Keanu Reeves is not “happy with the scripts” for the planned sequel. The Stand Your Ground actor also hinted that this project might contain fewer action sequences. Reeves portrayed the eponymous character in 2005’s Constantine, which received mixed reviews at the time of its release and has since become a cult classic.

Peter Stormare teases Keanu Reeves wants Constantine 2 to be less action oriented

Peter Stormare revealed during an interview with The Direct that Reeves isn’t happy with the scripts for Constantine 2. He disclosed that there had been “a lot of back and forth” on the subject. “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 noted that the first movie had become a cult classic before indicating that the studio wanted a bigger spectacle in 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 own vision for the movie, and it’s rooted in spirituality. Stormare said that the Matrix actor feared that the sequel could stray too much from the core themes of the first movie.

Stormare mentioned that Reeves was proud of the character he brought to life in the first movie before implying that the latter would keep on working on the sequel until he was satisfied with it.

Per Stormare, Reeves wants 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 development limbo for a while. As per Inverse, in February 2025, Reeves revealed he and the first movie’s director, Francis Lawrence, submitted a story to DC Studios for the sequel and received a go-ahead to develop a script.

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.

Source: Comingsoon.net