Constantine 2 Coming Soon?

This news definitely made my day.

SCI FI Wire talked to X-Men Origins: Wolverine producer Lauren Shuler Donner about the possible Magneto film and asked whether Constantine 2 was still in the cards. About Magneto, she said: "I don't know. We have a great script. Honestly, we have all been just so focused on getting 'Wolverine' out that we didn't take the time to sit down and explore 'What are the movies we're going to do next within the genre?' We will do that. We will do that. We all want to. 'Magneto' is a fantastic script, and hopefully we'll make it. I don't know."She added that Constantine 2 is looking "very good. Thinking about it. Looking for a writer."

I emphasize on the part where Lauren speaks about Constantine 2 'looking very good'. I'm not sure why sequels to the better movies from this genre never get made as fast as they should. It's almost as if people like crappy movies and lousy trilogies. Just a couple of days ago disappointing news about a 30 Days Of Night sequel was out, saying that it will most probably be a straight-to-DVD release! Sam Raimi, producer of the flick, even told his director "not to judge the DVD market so quickly, especially the sci-fi genre." Yeah, Sam Raimi's a real &%$in' messiah. The straight-to-DVD market equals cheap, low-grade movies that have lousy visual effects and wouldn't make a buck's profit if they were released in cinemas.

Anyway, movies like Sin City 2, Constantine 2, and 30 Days Of Night 2 get put on hold while the second and third Twilight movies are already in the making? Way to go, Hollywood. I honestly think director Francis Lawrence did a great job with both Constantine and I Am Legend (except for I Am Legend's puke-like CGI), and it would be great if he helmed the sequel to Constantine as well. of course Keneau has to play the part as well...unless they're going to screw this one up with a 'Adventures Of Young Constantine' type of flick.

Oh and honestly, and I would like to see a Magneto movie. Not that 20th Century Fox is going to do it any justice but a guy can hope, right? A lot of people seem to not give a rat's@$$ about the 'master of magnetism' but I think his past would make a great story. The prologue to X-Men was probably one of the best scenes in the entire trilogy. If the movies stayed with that tone they would still carry value and not look like a brigade of over-the-top corniness. Ian McKellen sucks as Magneto, but a prequel would mean a better suited actor. Of course, Fox will turn this into a s**tgig before you can even say 'magnets' and in the end it'll turn out being an alternate version for X-Men 5.

*sigh*. Enough ranting and raving. Let's hope Constantine 2 gets made, Sin City 2 and 3 roll along with the rumored Johnny Depp playing a part, and 30 Days Of Night 2 gets a proper theatrical release. People need to start watching better movies. And vampires need to be scary and mean and just plain anti-social...not some 80's hairdo teengirl heartthrob who hunts deer for lunch. It's a vampire! A v-a-m-p-i-r-e! Dracula? Friggin' evil, man! Guy turns into a bat in a second and sucks your blood. A vampire! Argh!