A little over a year after news of J.J. Abrams' partnership with HBO Max for a handful of Justice League Dark titles first broke, we finally got our first bit of info about everyone's favorite devil-swindling demon hunter, Constantine.
According to The Illuminerdi, HBO Max's Constantine reboot will end filming in February 2023 under the working title, Chimney. In addition, the report doubles down on previous rumors that HBO Max wants a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) actor to take on the role of Constantine. Filming is expected to take place in the United Kingdom and Morocco with Guy Bolton as the lead writer and Abrams as the executive producer along with Bad Robot's Ben Stephenson and Rachel Rusch-Rich.
Constantine's lack of a proper representation in live-action films and shows is tragic, to say the least. The renegade hell-led Vertigo's library for years with Hellblazer before DC Comics shut it down. The success spawned a Keanu Reeves-led eponymous adaptation that pulled in a respectable amount of money at the global box office and started a cult following. Years later, Matt Ryan starred in a self-named TV series on NBC for one season before the network canceled it due to low ratings. Ryan would later reprise the role in subsequent appearances in the CW's Arrowverce, eventually becoming a series regular starting in season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow.