It is looking increasingly likely that Constantine 2 will happen

Constantine fans can rejoice as Keanu Reeves, Akiva Goldsman and Francis Lawrence are all working away on a sequel to the 2005 hit.

For the first movie, Reeves starred as John Constantine, a chain-smoking exorcist who has the ability to community with angels and demons in their true forms on Earth.

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It received mixed reviews at the time of release, but over time reception has become much more positive, to the point where it is considered a cult hit.

A television series based on the character was produced, but fans have been clamouring for a Reeves-led sequel, which was eventually confirmed in 2022.

If it wasn't for the writer and actor strikes in Hollywood, it might have actually started production already.

"So Constantine 2 got obviously held up by the writers' strike," Lawrence, who directed the first movie, told Gamespot.

"And we had to jump through a bunch of hurdles to get control of the character again, because other people had control of the Vertigo stuff. We have control.

"Keanu and Akiva Goldsman and I have been in meetings and I have been hashing out what we think the story is going to be, and there's more meetings of those that have to happen – the script has to be written – but really hoping that we get to do Constantine 2, and make a real R rated version of it."

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Constantine (2005)

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) has been to hell and returned. He was born with a gift he doesn't want: the ability to recognize angels and demons living in human form on Earth. His help is enlisted by a desperate but skeptical police investigator Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) to solve the mysterious death of her beloved twin sister. The investigation takes them into the world of the demons and angels who live in Los Angeles. They are both caught up in a fateful series of otherworldly events. Is there any escape from this hell on earth?

Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz and Shia LaBeouf

Reeves desperate to make Constantine 2

Reeves has always campaigned for a second movie, and now he is getting his wish.

"I don't know if it was unfinished business but it was definitely a role that I loved, and I thought that Francis Lawrence, the director, did such amazing work. I loved playing that character, and I really enjoyed the film," he previously told TotalFilm.

"It's exciting. It's almost like an open playground that we can hopefully cook something up and play in, and I guess get out of the playground and prepare a meal, but I'm looking forward to it, and hopefully it can happen.

"You don't know how these things go. But I'm definitely going to try my darnedest to try and realise that dream."