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The Hellblazer is back.
A new movie starring fan-favorite horror character John Constantine is currently in the works at DC Studios, TheWrap has learned. This new feature will be directed by Francis Galluppi, the filmmaker behind the upcoming seventh “Evil Dead” movie, “Evil Dead Wrath”.
This film comes hot on the heels of “Clayface”, a film that proved the DCU can support films of various genres and budgets alongside big blockbusters like 2025’s “Superman” (and its 2027 sequel “Man of Tomorrow”). “Clayface” maintained an R rating and a small budget, opening to a promising start of $43 million at the worldwide box office.
John Constantine is a character who, like Clayface, is able to work well in the horror genre – an element that has been there since the character’s journey. The hard-hitting paranormal investigator debuted in 1985’s “Swamp Thing #37” from Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette and John Totleben. Before breaking out into his own title, Constantine would go on to teach Swamp Thing about the more supernatural elements of his plant-based powers in Moore’s new horror comic.
The Hellblazer, as he was later known (including DC’s iconic horror title “John Constantine, Hellblazer”), has appeared on screen several times before. He was most notably portrayed by Keanu Reeves in Francis Lawrence’s 2005 film “Constantine.” A possible sequel to that film was kicked around in the 2020s. Matt Ryan also portrayed the character on NBC’s “Constantine,” once again joining the CW’s DC superhero TV universe in “Legends of Tomorrow.”
DC Studios had no comment.
The date reported the news first.
Umberto Gonzalez contributed to this report.
