A 'Constantine' movie is in development at DC Studios

The return of one of the most popular characters in the world of DC is very close.

DC Studios has officially launched the development of a new film about John Constantineincorporating the Francis Gallupi to write the script (via Deadline).

The project of Constantineis in a very early development phase so the details are really few at the moment.

Gallupi has the theatrical release of Evil Dead Wraththe seventh installment in the long-running horror franchise, which will mark Galluppi's debut in studio film. This film is scheduled for release in April 2028. It is an original story developed by Gallupi himself, which was presented to Sam Raimi and the creative team in 2024.

Gallupi made his feature film debut with the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023), whose plot revolves around a traveling salesman who, while stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, becomes embroiled in a terrifying hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers who have no qualms about using cruelty to protect their bloody fortune. He previously made acclaimed short films such as High Desert Hell y The Gemini Project.

Known by the nickname “Hellblazer,” John Constantine debuted in issue #37 of The Saga of the Swamp Thing in 1985. The character, created by screenwriter Alan Moore and artists Steve Bissette and John Totleben, is a working-class British detective, an expert in magic and the occult, and with a marked tendency to scam.

Keanu Reeves played a version of the character in the film Constantine (2005), produced by Warner Bros. and set in Los Angeles under the direction of Francis Lawrence; A sequel, originally announced in 2022, has been expected for some time. For his part, Matt Ryan played Constantine on television, starring in a series of the same name on the NBC network that aired for a single season, starting in 2014.

The theatrical release of Constantine in 2005 it was really successful. It grossed $230 million at the worldwide box office, against a budget of $100 million, and won thousands of new fans for the ever-interesting DC character.