Francis Lawrence's next film I AM LEGEND may be hitting theaters in the next few weeks but that's not stopping the press from addressing CONSTANTINE sequel possibilities at the Legend press junket. When asked about doing a sequel, he admitted to the reporters that he's definitely up for another installment if the story is worthy in his eyes. He elaborated more on his thoughts to Ryan Rotten at Shock Til You Drop.
"I like origin stories, that would be cool. What worked for me is the film came from the 'Dangerous Habits' storyline - he had cancer and he was dying. To me that was the core of the story. It's why the movie works for me, because the story couldn't be more personal. People have thrown concepts around [for a sequel] and I go 'Why does he give a f**k?' In the first film he's trying to save his own skin. Everything else, you can come up with these stories where he goes to different lands and fight the bad guys or witch doctors, but I think it all falls flat. Until someone comes up with a great idea, whether it's earlier [in his life] or later, we'll just have to see."
The original film, based on the DC Hellblazer graphic novels, starred Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Tilda Swinton, Gavin Rossdale, Djimon Hounsou, Shia LaBeouf and Peter Stormare. Lawrence's film opened in theaters Feb.18, 2005, debuting with 29.7 mil in box office cash on 3,006 theaters. It would rake 75.9 mil domestically and another 154.9 mil in overseas sales, ending with a worldwide gross of 230.8 million.
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