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Alan Moore's "blue collar warlock" John Constantine began life as a background character in Saga of the Swamp Thing, but the cocky con-man-cum-magus proved too popular to remain confined to someone else's book.  In 1988, he was awarded his own series, originally to be called Hellraiser (and changed to avoid confusion with the horror movie).  The new nickname would prove apt for a character conceived as blazing a trail between realms of Heaven and Hell.  The cover artist for the first twenty-one issues of Jogn Constantine: Hellblazer was Briton Dave McKean, whose spectral, distorted nightmare visions were executed using the distinctive painted and collage techniques he would later perfect on Sandman.  While many fans see a resemblance to Sting in Hellblazer's leathery visage, McKean modeled his Constantine on his friend Neil Jones.  "I have an idea that most of the mystics in comics are generally older people, very austere, very proper, very middle-class in a lot of ways.  They are not at all functional on the street.  It struck me that it might be interesting for once to do an almost blue-collar warlock.  Somebody who was streetwise, working-class, and from a different background than the standard run of comic book mystics.  Constantine started to grow out of that."  - Alan Moore.  Hellblazer (also known as John Constantine, Hellblazer) was a contemporary horror comic book series, originally published by DC Comics, and subsequently by the Vertigo imprint since March 1993, when the imprint was introduced. Its central character was the streetwise magician John Constantine, who was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and Jamie Delano, and first appeared as a supporting character in The Saga of the Swamp Thing #37 (June 1985), during that creative team's run on that title. Hellblazer had been published continuously since January 1988, and was Vertigo's longest running title, the only remaining publication from the imprint's launch.  In 2013, the series concluded with issue 300, and has been replaced by a DC Universe title, Constantine.  After favorable reader reaction to John Constantine's appearances in the comic book series Swamp Thing, where he had been introduced by Alan Moore during his authorship of the title, the character was given his own comic book series in 1988.  The series was intended to bear the title Hellraiser, but this title was revised before publication due to the contemporaneous release of Clive Barker's unrelated film of the same name.  Initial writer Jamie Delano was, in his own words, "fairly ambivalent" about the change of title.  The initial creative team was writer Jamie Delano and artist John Ridgway, with Dave McKean supplying distinctive painted and collage covers. Delano introduced a political aspect to the character, about which he stated: "...generally I was interested in commenting on 1980s Britain. That was where I was living, it was shit, and I wanted to tell everybody."  In 2005 Constantine was released, a feature film that did not use the same title as the comic book, in order to avoid confusion with the Hellraiser horror franchise. The only links to the character of John Constantine were the name and a plotline loosely based on the "Dangerous Habits" story arc (Hellblazer #41–46).  DC Comics announced a sequel to the 2005 Constantine movie was in the works, with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura linked to the project. He stated: "I'd love to do it...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."  In September 2010, Warner Brothers commissioned a sequel script from Frank Cappello, one of the original Constantine's two credited writers. The story is said to be an original idea from Cappello and does not draw from any previous published Hellblazer stories. The screenplay's tag line is "Through the Eye of The Needle".  In late 2012, director Guillermo del Toro publicly discussed the notion of creating a film that would star John Constantine alongside other DC/Vertigo characters such as Zatanna, Swamp Thing, and more.  David McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.  His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art and sculpture.  McKean's most recent projects are directing an original feature called Luna, and a book with the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.  After a trip to New York in 1986 during which he failed to find work as a comics artist, McKean met writer Neil Gaiman, and the pair collaborated on a short graphic novel of disturbing childhood memories, Violent Cases, published in 1987. This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries (again with Gaiman) and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics.  In 1989, he illustrated the Batman graphic novel, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, with writer Grant Morrison. His work during this period was often compared to that of Bill Sienkiewicz.  From 1989–1996 McKean produced the covers for Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman, all its collected editions, and many of its spin-offs. Further collaborations with Gaiman produced the graphic novels Signal to Noise in 1992 (previously serialized in The Face magazine), about a dying filmmaker and his hypothetical last film; and Mr. Punch, which explored similar themes as Violent Cases through the imagery of the Punch and Judy show.

Constantine appeared in the 2005 film Constantine portrayed by Keanu Reeves. The film used some elements from Garth Ennis' "Dangerous Habits" story arc (issues No. 41–46) and others—such as the inclusion of Papa Midnite—from the "Original Sins" trade paperback. The film changed several aspects of the source material, however, including a number of cosmetic changes to the lead character, e.g., his name is spoken as "constan-teen", and Reeves played the role with his natural accent and hair colour, as well as the film basing him in Los Angeles (although the director pointed out that the comic book was not exclusively set in London either). Other differences to the comic were made, for example giving him a psychic ability to see "half breeds" as they truly are—a curse that caused him to attempt suicide which in turn damned him to Hell. He was also given the ability to render invisible beings in his proximity visible by using the incantation "Into the light I command thee" and two magical glyphs (called "The Perfect Red King" from Eugenius Philalethes's "The Speculum Veritatis") on his arms to combine, which he uses to uncloak the archangel Gabriel directly after he attacked his friend Chas. Unlike the comic version, Constantine's exorcism tools are primarily based on Christian relics rather than generic supernatural items; the novelisation expanded on this by explaining that, as Constantine comes from a Christian culture, he has a greater natural understanding of the power of Christian relics that makes it easier for him to use them. Constantine's exorcisms are motivated by a desire to redeem himself for his past suicide, yet they are constantly doomed to fail as everything he has done has fundamentally been for his own benefit rather than for the selfless betterment of others. The resolution of the lung cancer plotline in the film was also amended, with Lucifer saving the redeemed Constantine to give him a second chance at failing after Constantine willingly sacrificed a chance to save his own life to ask Satan to send the innocent Isabel Dodson to Heaven (Isabel having committed suicide to prevent herself being used as a host for a demonic incursion). Lucifer also removed the tumors from Constantine. The film version would later become a piece of DC canon in November 2019.

A live-action Constantine TV series was developed for NBC with Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer writing and executive producing the series. Welsh actor Matt Ryan was cast in the title role, for which he adopted Constantine's blond hair. The show, which lasted thirteen episodes before cancellation, followed John's journeys across America alongside his friend Chas and a young woman named Zed who is being hunted down by a demon. Along the way, he solves supernatural mysteries, vanquishes demons, and clashes with officious angels sent to watch over him. Despite a positive reaction from fans, poor ratings led to the show not being renewed. A decision not to explore Constantine's bisexuality in the show caused some consternation with fans, although the character continued to be portrayed as bisexual in the comics. Following his reintroduction into the Arrowverse, Constantine is confirmed to be bisexual.

Following the cancellation of Constantine, a crossover episode with The CW's TV series Arrow aired, with Matt Ryan reprising his role as John Constantine in the episode "Haunted" as a guest star. In flashbacks, he first meets Oliver Queen on the island Lian Yu where he introduces Oliver to magic and gives him a tattoo for magical protection after Oliver saves his life. In the present-day narrative, set five years later, Oliver calls in a favor from John, who helps him restore the soul of his friend Sara Lance after she is resurrected by the Lazarus Pit. Constantine's off-screen adventures are subsequently referred to in the episodes "Taken" and "Genesis" including Oliver's announcement that Constantine is in Hell.

Matt Ryan reprised his role in the third season of Legends of Tomorrow in a recurring capacity. Aboard the Waverider, John Constantine requests Sara Lance's help in performing an exorcism on a young girl possessed by what turns out to be Mallus, the Legends' current demonic adversary, and offers the Legends advice on how they might be able to overcome their enemy. In season 4, Constantine joined the Legends with Ryan as a series regular. He was also in two episodes of the five-night crossover extravaganza "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in which he attempted to assist Mia Smoak in resurrecting Oliver Queen but only ended up bringing back his body due to being unable to bring back his soul due to the antimatter wave causing the pillars of magic to crumble. As a result, he takes Mia and John Diggle to Earth-666 where it is revealed that he is friends with Lucifer Morningstar, a.k.a. the Devil, who assists him in traveling to Purgatory to rescue Oliver's soul. In Purgatory, his friendship with Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre is also revealed when Corrigan's ghost appears and passes his powers on to Oliver, tasking him with saving the Multiverse and preventing him from going back.

Johanna Constantine and her great-great-great-grandmother of the same name appear in the first season of the Netflix streaming television series The Sandman in a main capacity, portrayed by Jenna Coleman. Depicted from the eighteenth-century to the present day, both Constantines serve as occult detectives who encounter the forces of creation.

HBO Max's Constantine series is set to mix urban action with body horror and the supernatural in the newly revealed synopsis.

Back in January 2020, it was announced that J.J. Abrams, and his production company Bad Robot, were working on a series of movies and shows centered around DC Comics Justice League Dark, a branch of the Justice League dedicated to fighting mystical and supernatural threats. Not much news came from the projects until February 2021 when it was announced they would be teaming up with HBO Max for a new Constantine series, and now we are getting some plot details.

According to a report by Knight Edge Media, fans can expect the new series to be a blend of urban action, body horror, and the supernatural.

In DC Comics, John Constantine is a sorcerer and occult detective created by Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben. He is a fan-favorite part of the mystical side of the DC Universe, often seen fighting demons and teaming up with fellow Justice League Dark members Swamp Thing, Madame Xanadu, Zatanna, and Detective Chimp.

From the newly released synopsis of the series, it seems that the series will be tackling the origins of the character. Rather than the experienced and jaded character that fans come to expect from Constantine, they will get to see the early days of the character as he first gets pulled “into the dark and treacherous world of the occult.

Read the full synopsis below:

The series blends urban action, body horror, and the supernatural on the streets of modern-day London. It follows a young man whose entire world is upended when a chance encounter with a young girl pulls him into the dark and treacherous world of the occult.

The first casting call adds some credence to the theory that this will be tackling Constantine’s origins. In the comics, the characters tragic backstory involved a young girl who he failed to save, and she ended up getting dragged to hell, with that mistake and failure haunting him for much of his career.

This series will be the third live-action adaptation of the character. He was first played by Keanu Reeves in the 2005 film Constantine. The character was then played by Matt Ryan in the NBC series Constantine and then would reprise the role in Arrowverse shows on the CW, eventually becoming a series regular on Legends of Tomorrow. The character has also appeared in a number of animated films, series, and video games over the years.

This new Constantine series for HBO Max is scheduled to begin filming this September in London and Morocco.

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