According to my go-to source for all things Latino and reviews, Latino Review, Guillermo del Toro, last seen as a crazy old man threatening to eat babies before they eat him on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is in discussions to direct the “movie that has the potential to be the greatest movie ever committed to film.” A sequel to Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood???
Called HEAVEN SENT he is combining all the magical beings from DC Comics in one epic adventure. Deadman, The Spectre, Swamp Thing, Constantine Hellblazer, Phantom Stranger, Zatanna, Zatara, and Sargon…Now this one is a ways away, but Warner’s lawyers have been working every night trying to clear the rights to all these characters. (Via)
So, not a sequel to Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood? Darn.
The concept for Heaven Sent sounds an awful lot like the Justice League Dark book that was launched with The New 52 last September – a supernatural superhero team-up starring Constantine, Zatanna, Shade the Changing Man, Deadman, Madame Xanadu, Enchantress, Black Orchid, and a few others. In fact, it sounds so much like that book that’d I’d be shocked if del Toro’s title – Heaven Sent – weren’t changed to something with more immediate brand recognition.
The DC reboot saw the return of characters like Constantine and Swamp Thing to the the main DC Universe after years of being exclusive to the critically-acclaimed Vertigo line. Both properties have already been adapted as major motion pictures: Wes Craven made Swamp Thing in 1982 (it was followed by a sequel) and Constantine was adapted in 2005 with Keanu Reeves as the titular character. (Via)
I’m not as familiar with DC as I am Marvel, but I do know that a) Keanu Reeves should reprise his role as Constantine, if only to save money on the wardrobe budget, so that del Toro can make; b) Fadeaway Man, Manticore, Warlock’s Daughter, and Gentleman Ghost look as awesome as I think they sound.
That’s Fadeway Man (Dirk Nowitzki’s going to look great in a cape) on the left and Warlock’s Daughter on the right, and now I hope Heaven Sent is nothing but evil people cackling maniacally for two hours.
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Bring back Keanu as Constantine, or GTFO
That was a cool movie. I’d watch a sequel.
Agree….but goood luck getting Moore to say ok more than once
As long as Zatanna has her fishnet I’ll see it and if she’s not played by Adrianne Palicki or Minka Kelly.
Justice League Dark is pretty sweet. I presume this movie will essentially be two hours of Constantine being an irredeemable asshole to match it.
I support this as long as someone has eyeballs on the palms of their hands.
What about Lobo? Isn’t he magical?
from the potential character line up it sounds like they might adapt the American Gothic storyline from Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing run. Which would be great because those comics were fucking awesome. and it would give Alan Moore another chance to be quoted about how shitty the comics and entertainment industry in general is these days, and who doesn’t enjoy that?
It sounds like it could be an adaptation of Swamp Thing #50, which would be so awesome my head would explode/
Before the reboot DC brought back Keith Giffen to do to DC magic what he did with Marvel cosmic and had him write Reign in Hell (and there was a Dibny Ghost Detectives backup). No one read Reign in Hell, nor did it ever get the followup DiDio promised or the eventual niche interest that cosmic Marvel got with Nova and GotG.
I mention this because Speckin’s question reminded me that in Reign in Hell, EVERYONE IN HELL was afraid of Lobo, who was barely contained in one level, was released after a fight released the bonds that were already barely keeping him contained, and then he proceeded to rip shit up because that’s what The Main Man does.
But now all the Vertigo characters are available, it’s basically a blank slate to do whatever. I think taking a storyline where the fate of the leadership of Hell and magic are intertwined and up to the combined actions of all of these badass characters could really be something spectacular.
Or an epic bomb. But even if it sucked, it’d be a glorious failure, which beats the everloving shit out of the mindless parade of mediocre predictable crap that I wouldn’t watch if I was forced to.
“Phantom Stranger”, I thought that was just when you sat on your hand till it’s numb then masturbate.
Yeah, it’s a real stretch for a masturbation reference to make its way into comic books.
Daniel Craig should play Constantine.
This is why:
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A sequel to Don’t Be A Menace would only disappoint. Just re-release it in 3D and watch the dollars roll in.
I hope to god this happens