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Rumor Suggests J.J. Abrams is Developing a New ‘Constantine’ Film for Warner Bros.

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While John Constantine continues to battle demons on “Legends of Tomorrow”, he first graced the big screen in 2005’s Constantine, which starred Keanu Reeves as the title character.

Now, with J.J. Abrams developing a “Justice League Dark” series for HBO Max, The Direct is reporting that they hear a live-action Constantine movie is in development at Warner Bros., with Bad Robot serving as the production company and Abrams attached as a producer.

While I don’t know or trust this website, I raised an eyebrow when Observer‘s Senior Entertainment Reporter Brandon Katz tweeted that he had also “heard some whispers about this.

If proven true, it would make some sense considering Abrams is hard at work on “Justice League Dark”, DC’s anti-hero team consisting of members from John Constantine to Swamp Thing, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Doctor Mist, and many others. Could Abrams be building his own DC Universe for Warner Bros. and HBO Max? Sure, but let’s file this under rumor for the time being.

Last May, Keanu Reeves told Variety that he’d love to return as the cigarette-smoking exorcist and occult detective, saying: “I’ve always wanted to play John Constantine again. I just love that world, too, and I love that character. I just had a blast playing the character and (playing) in that world.”

Matt Ryan brought the character to the small screen in 2014 with NBC’s short-lived “Constantine.” He has continued to play him in various other live action & animated projects.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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