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Constantine Meets His Latest Supernatural Threat: Very Early Development
· New York time
DC Studios has tapped Francis Galluppi to write a John Constantine movie, sources told Deadline. The project is in very early development, with no other attachments yet, and DC declined to comment. Galluppi’s credits include “Evil Dead Wrath.” The report comes as “Clayface” continues its theatrical run with more than $90 million worldwide. The two projects are at very different stages: one is collecting box-office receipts, while the other has a writer and a long road between a development announcement and a finished film. That is familiar territory for a studio managing a collection of comic-book characters. A recognizable name can attract attention as soon as a project is reported, even though many creative and business decisions remain ahead. Fans can start imagining a version of Constantine while the people making it are still at the beginning of the work. For a character associated with occult trouble and questionable bargains, the studio process supplies its own kind of suspense. There is a writer at the table, but no reason yet to treat the rest of the production as settled. Constantine has encountered demons before. For now, his next adventure is a script, a set of unanswered questions and the mysterious realm known as the development slate.
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