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Constantine 2
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 00:00 |
  During a recent interview with blockbuster maestro Lorenzo di Bonaventura, IGN fired some questions at him about Constantine 2, sequel to the 2005 comic book adaptation about a cynical detective who deals with the supernatural.
And it seems that the producer is dead keen on the project. "I'd love to do it" he revealed. "We want to do a hard, R-rated version of it. We're going to scale back the size of the movie to try and persuade the studio to go ahead and make a tough version of it."
Di Bonaventura added that he hoped to retain director Francis Lawrence and star Keanu Reeves, and when asked if Constantine would remain a brunette or go blonde - as in the comics - he claimed there was a chance.
You know what? James Bond went blonde, so maybe Constantine. I always find it find that people get that impassionate about a hair colour. We had that experience with The Baroness on G.I. Joe. Sometimes it's part of your character, but it never really strikes me as part of Constantine's character. It's really up to Keanu more than anything. It doesn't seem important to me, but I know it's important to some of the fans."
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Constantine 2
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 06:39 |
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Bob Thompson from National Post writes:
Constantine 2 more likely now for box office number one Keanu Reeves Posted: December 15, 2008, 11:28 AM by Bob Thompson Perhaps, the Constantine money men will re-think what Keanu Reeves is worth now that Reeves' The Day Earth Stood Still hit the top of the box office charts over the weekend. The update of the classic 1951 sci-fi film scooped up US $31 million relegating the more seasonal Four Christmases to second place after that romantic comedy featuring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon led the way two weeks in a row.
Despite negative reviews and the always-carping-at-Reeves stiffness, the sci-fi flick headlining the Toronto actor as alien Klaatu scored with teenagers and young adults in North America. The movie is expected to have a strong second weekend, too. Internationally, The Day The Earth Stood Still has already managed another $40 million and is expected to continue strongly. It cost under $100 million, so it should be a winner all round. Back to Constantine 2. As Reeves mentioned in a recent interview, he's up for it. But so far, his demands of $15-million plus big points have left the the sequel makers hesitant. The Day The Earth Stood Still box office should move along negotiations or maybe the project might be moved along to folks who have more faith in Reeves. As it is, The Matrix man has some Constantine 2 leverage he didn't have before after he had signed up for a series of artsy films that fizzled at the box office and faded from view over the last few years.
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