DC Studios Taps Francis Galluppi for Constantine Film

DC Studios has tapped filmmaker Francis Galluppi to write a movie about John Constantine, according to reports citing unnamed sources, but the project remains in very early development and the studio has not confirmed it. The reports say no other cast or creative attachments are known. DC Studios declined to comment. The information traces to one set of unnamed sources, so the reported hiring and project status have not been independently confirmed by the studio. It is not known whether the film would continue the story of the 2005 movie starring Keanu Reeves, introduce a different version of Constantine, or include Reeves or Matt Ryan, who played the character on television. No casting or continuity details have been announced. Galluppi directed The Last Stop in Yuma County and is writing and directing the upcoming Evil Dead Wrath, according to reports. His reported assignment is to write the Constantine screenplay; the reports do not say that he has been hired to direct the film. Constantine, also known as Hellblazer, first appeared in The Saga of the Swamp Thing 37 in 1985. Created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and John Totleben, the character is a British detective...