Just heard that my favourite comic book character, John Constantine from "Hellblazer" is gonna be the next one to have a movie on its own. poblems are that the director is a debutant from the advertising industry, that the plot has been turned into a regular psycho-thriller and that Keanu Reeves (!) will be playing Constantine, who looks more like Michael Rooker on a bad day.
didn't the studios learn their lesson with "The Watcher"? Keanu can't play a psycho killer, c'est que se. He's too damn.....grinny!
Yeah, we've bemoaned this up and down on the B-movie mailing list. The producers said they wanted Reeves because of his wide-eyed, innocent, child-like take on life. Gee, that sounds just like sawed-off little seen-everything Cockney John Constantine, doesn't it?
As far as I'm concerned, if they've GOT to have an American actor, there's only one who could pull it off: Denis Leary.
I'm more psyched that Constantine's sidekick is gonna be played by Shia LaBeouf. Now that instantly makes it a must-see for me.