Following the news that James Gunn and Peter Safran are out as co-studio heads at DC, “Constantine” director Francis Lawrence is feeling a renewed hope about his long-awaited sequel to the “Hellblazer”-inspired 2005 action-horror. Not that I want anybody to lose their jobs, so this is not like a schadenfreude kind of thing, but I […]
Keanu Reeves’ ‘Constantine 2’ Gets ‘Renewed Hope’ After James Gunn’s DC Exit, Says Director: ‘People at DC Were an Impediment to Us’
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