NBC had previously stated that their take on Constantine would stick
pretty close to the source material, and now producer Daniel Cerone has
revealed that the first season of the show will use elements taken from John's
early appearances in Swamp Thing.
"The beauty of developing a comic book like Constantine, that's been in publication, in some form, for 30 years, is that
there's such a wealth of material. We definitely know what we're doing this
season, we know what our ending is, we know what we're building toward, and we
have a sense of what we're doing for the second season and what we'd like our
second season arc to be. Our first season arc actually comes straight from the
comic books."
Cerone goes on to explain how Constantine will differ from those early
days in Swamp Thing
"If you listen to a lot of the language of what they're talking
about, with the rising darkness and some force out there that's planning a
terrible event and is trying to flush supernatural entities out of the darkness
and into the light, when Constantine showed up inSwamp Thing, he actually showed up as a character who always ushers someone along.
Constantine showed up to help facilitate Swamp Thing.
Swamp Thing was the one, at the end of that story, who ended up fighting
the darkness. In our story, we're using the same coming darkness, but
Constantine is going to be the one who's fighting it. So, we're dipping very
heavily into the mythology for the series."
Based on the wildly popular DC Comics series
"Hellblazer," seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult John
Constantine (Matt Ryan) specializes in giving hell... hell. Armed with a
ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and his wickedly naughty wit, he fights
the good fight - or at least he did. With his soul already damned to hell, he's
decided to leave his do-gooder life behind, but when demons target Liv (Lucy
Griffiths), the daughter of one of Constantine's oldest friends, he's
reluctantly thrust back into the fray - and he'll do whatever it takes to save
her. Before long, it's revealed that Liv's "second sight" - an
ability to see the worlds behind our world and predict supernatural occurrences
- is a threat to a mysterious new evil that's rising in the shadows. Now it's
not just Liv who needs protection; the angels are starting to get worried too.
So, together, Constantine and Liv must use her power and his skills to travel
the country, find the demons that threaten our world and send them back where
they belong. After that, who knows... maybe there's hope for him and his soul
after all.
Source - Comic Book
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