Constantine
DC2005
Constantine (2005)
Occult detective John Constantine investigates a supernatural conspiracy threatening Los Angeles. Its comic connection is a synthesis: familiar characters and ideas are combined into a new cinematic story.
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Produced by
- Lauren Shuler Donner, Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Erwin Stoff, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Akiva Goldsman
- Starring
- Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Tilda Swinton
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
Constantine combines ideas from more than one period of the comics, so its source material is better read as a group than as one direct adaptation. Start with Saga of the Swamp Thing #37–50, then compare it with Hellblazer #1–9 and Dangerous Habits #41–46. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
Saga of the Swamp Thing #37–50
Hellblazer #1–9
Dangerous Habits #41–46
Connection: Hellblazer character synthesis