DC Studios is reportedly developing a new John Constantine movie, with filmmaker Francis Galluppi attached to write the screenplay.
Deadline reported Nov. 4 that the project is in very early development and has no other known attachments. TheWrap also reported the project and noted that DC Studios declined comment.
Who is Francis Galluppi?
Galluppi directed The Last Stop in Yuma County and is behind the upcoming Evil Dead Wrath, the next installment in the horror franchise. That background points toward a version of Constantine that could lean into the character’s supernatural roots rather than treating him as a conventional superhero.
That would fit the character. DC’s official character page lists John Constantine’s first appearance as The Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 in 1985 and describes his powers as magic, supernatural knowledge and cunning. Constantine has always been closer to an occult grifter and investigator than a cape-and-costume hero.
The Keanu Reeves sequel question remains open
The new report immediately creates confusion around Constantine 2, the long-discussed sequel to the 2005 Warner Bros. movie starring Keanu Reeves.
Reeves told Inverse in February 2025 that he and director Francis Lawrence had put a story together, pitched it to DC Studios and received the go-ahead to try writing a script. He also said the sequel would stay in the same world as the original film. Inverse reported this week that Reeves’ sequel and the Galluppi project now appear to be separate Constantine projects in development, though DC Studios has not publicly clarified how the two relate.
That leaves several possibilities open. Galluppi’s script could be a fresh take, a replacement for the Reeves sequel, a separate Elseworlds-style project or something that eventually connects to the main DCU. None of those outcomes has been confirmed.
Why Constantine makes sense for DC’s genre strategy
Constantine gives DC Studios access to horror, supernatural mystery and street-level fantasy without requiring the scale of a traditional superhero tentpole. The character’s appeal does not depend on shared-universe spectacle. His stories can work as occult noir, character-driven horror or morally messy fantasy.
The report also arrives as DC has been putting genre-specific characters on the theatrical slate. TheWrap framed the Constantine report alongside Clayface, another horror-leaning DC project, while Deadline’s report emphasized Galluppi’s recent movement from crime thriller to Evil Dead to DC.
That does not prove a creative direction for the film. It does suggest why DC would pair Constantine with a filmmaker associated with tension, crime and horror instead of waiting for a larger Justice League Dark-style ensemble.
What has not been announced
DC Studios has not announced who will play Constantine, whether Galluppi will direct, whether Keanu Reeves or Matt Ryan could be involved, whether the movie belongs to the main DCU, or when production could begin.
No plot details or release window have been announced. Until a script is approved and a production plan is announced, this Constantine movie should be treated as an early-stage development report rather than a finished addition to the release calendar.
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