Earlier today, DC Comics inspired shows “The Flash” and “iZombie” got picked up by The CW, which put the total of DC TV series at four for next season when including “Gotham” on Fox and “Arrow” on The CW. But now that total has gone up by one.
NBC has officially ordered “Constantine” to series, based upon the character John Constantine, who was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and Jamie Delano as a supporting character in Swamp Thing back in 1985. Envisioned as a London-based working class magician, a con man and an occult investigator, Constantine was eventually given his own comic book series, Hellblazer; which ran for 300 issues before DC’s recent New 52 reboot.
Previously, Keanu Reeves portrayed a more Americanized John Constantine in the 2005 feature film Constantine. For the NBC series. Matt Ryan will be playing Constantine more closely to his original English incarnation.
Lucy Griffiths (“True Blood”) co-stars in “Constantine” as Liv, the daughter of one Constantine’s old friends who needs his protection when she develops the ability to predict supernatural events. Harold Perrineau and Charles Halford are also among the “Constantine” cast.
The “Constantine” TV series was developed by David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Trilogy) and Daniel Cerone (“Dexter”). NBC’s official schedule for Fall 2014 has yet to be released, but it’s widely expected that “Constantine” will be paired with “Grimm” on Friday nights.
