The sequel to Constantine is finally moving forward, two years after its announcement. In a recent interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the script for Constantine 2 is finished. He has not read it yet but plans to do so soon.
He said, “Akiva Goldsman wrote it, and I am super excited. I’m going to read it this weekend.” During a panel at SDCC, Goldsman also confirmed that he was working on the script.
Fans have eagerly awaited the sequel since Warner Bros. announced it in 2022. Keanu Reeves will return to play the main character again.
The original 2005 movie, directed by Francis Lawrence, gained a loyal fanbase. This sequel will be an R-rated film, finding the supernatural world with Reeves as the demon-fighting exorcist.
The project faced some delays due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, but now that the script is complete, it shows important progress for the movie. Di Bonaventura praised Goldsman for his hard work, which raises hopes for fans of the original film.
The first Constantine movie follows John Constantine, an exorcist who sees supernatural beings. He helps LAPD detective Angela Dodson, played by Rachel Weisz, investigate her twin sister’s suspected suicide. Together, they discover a plot by demons to enter the human world.
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The film includes religious themes, action, and horror elements. It features Tilda Swinton as Gabriel, Djimon Hounsou as Papa Midnite, Peter Stormare as Lucifer, Gavin Rossdale as Balthazar, and a young Shia LaBeouf as Chas Kramer, Constantine’s friend and driver.
Directed by Lawrence, the original movie received mixed reviews for changing details from the source material, which is based on the Hellblazer comics.
However, Reeves’ performance and the film’s dark atmosphere received praise. It earned over $230 million worldwide on a $100 million budget, marking it as a moderate success.
While the storyline for the sequel remains a secret, fans are excited about Reeves and Lawrence returning to continue their story. With the script done, more updates about Constantine 2 will come soon, as fans look forward to its release.
A well-known anti-hero, who has a new movie releasing next week, now has a fresh collectible figure. The official Instagram page of Iron Studios has shown the first images of a new Hellboy figure, modeled after Ron Perlman’s appearance in 2008’s Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.
This figure shows Hellboy holding his famous weapon, The Good Samaritan, in one hand, with his other arm resting at his side.
He wears his signature trench coat and has his distinct stone hand hanging beside him. The figure is not yet available for sale or pre-order. However, Iron Studios confirmed that it will be listed soon on their official website, with the price to be announced later.
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army features not only Ron Perlman but also stars Doug Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Jeffrey Tambor, and John Alexander. The film centers on a prince from the mythical world who begins a rebellion against humans in an attempt to take over the Earth.
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Hellboy, along with his allies, must work together to stop him from finding the powerful Golden Army. Hellboy 2 was directed by the highly respected Guillermo del Toro, who has won three Academy Awards in his career. His most recent win came from directing Pinocchio.
He also received Oscars in 2018 for The Shape of Water, a fantasy romance starring Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon. Del Toro’s first Oscar nomination was for writing Pan’s Labyrinth in 2006, a coming-of-age story.
What Do We Know About the New ‘Hellboy’ Movie?
The upcoming Hellboy movie, titled The Crooked Man, will be released in theaters in one week, on September 27. Jack Kesy, known for his roles in Baywatch, 12 Strong, and Death Wish, will play Hellboy. Other cast members include Jefferson White, Leah McNamara, Adeline Rudolph, and Joseph Marcell.
Christopher Golden and Brian Taylor wrote the screenplay, adapting it from Mike Mignola’s comic book. Taylor will also serve as the director. You can find the latest trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man online.
The Iron Studios Hellboy figure is not yet open for pre-orders. You can check out the first images of the collectible figure online and stream Hellboy 2: The Golden Army exclusively on Max.
Creature Features, a subgenre of horror, often reflect the fears of the time they are made. One clear example is Godzilla, which was created in Japan after the nuclear attacks by America. The movie’s giant, radiation-consuming monster clearly represents the fear Japanese people had of nuclear war.
The Settlers’ Hypocrisy in The Burrowers
The main character, Fergus Coffey, an Irish immigrant played by Geary, is searching for his lover’s family after a brutal attack. He assumes the attack was committed by Native Americans and joins a search party of local men and soldiers.
However, the group quickly splits up. Henry Victor, played by Doug Hutchison, leads the military part of the search and tortures an innocent Sioux tribe member. This act of extreme violence disgusts Coffey and his men, causing them to break away from the soldiers.
Although Coffey and his men are repulsed by the torture, they still hold harmful beliefs about Native Americans. They believe the missing women were taken by Native people and fear they will be assaulted if not rescued quickly.
Throughout the movie, the men repeat this idea, justifying their violence toward the Indigenous people they encounter.
Ironically, the missing women were not taken by Native Americans, and the only scene of sexual violence involves a white boy trying to assault a paralyzed girl. The accusations settlers make against Indigenous people reflect their own behavior.
The settlers’ actions bring about their own downfall. They are so blinded by their hatred of Native Americans that they fail to see the true cause of the disappearances. When Victor tortures a Sioux man, the man tells them that the real culprits are creatures known as “the burrowers,” using a word that describes animals.
Coffey and the others recognize the term is not for humans, yet they still assume the man is talking about another tribe. Their refusal to see Native Americans as fully human blinds them to the real danger.
The Burrowers vs. The Monsters of Tremors
The burrowers in the movie are similar to the monsters in another horror-western, Tremors. Both feature underground creatures that hunt humans.
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However, while the creatures in Tremors are known as “graboids” and feed only on humans, the burrowers originally fed on buffalo. But due to the near extinction of buffalo by the U.S. government to weaken Indigenous populations, the burrowers now hunt people.
The Burrowers provides a haunting look at the effects of colonialism. The land itself fights back against the colonizers through these monsters. The burrowers don’t eat people immediately like the graboids. Instead, their saliva paralyzes their victims, and they bury them alive, waiting for their bodies to rot before feeding.
This gruesome fate doesn’t just fall on the settlers, though. Indigenous people, too, suffer from the burrowers’ attacks, much like how real-life colonialism harms both the land and its original inhabitants. The only way to defeat these monsters is through Indigenous knowledge, but the settlers refuse to listen.
The Burrowers as a Metaphor for Colonialism
Where Tremors is about a community coming together to defeat a common enemy, The Burrowers shows what happens when people fail to see the humanity in others. In Tremors, the residents of Perfection, Nevada, put aside their differences to fight the graboids.
Even the most gun-loving member of the town, Burt Gummer (played by Michael Gross), helps his neighbors. The characters’ different skills and backgrounds—like Rhonda LeBeck’s geology knowledge and Burt’s weapon expertise—help them defeat the creatures.
In contrast, the settlers in The Burrowers fail because they refuse to treat Indigenous people as equals. If they had accepted help and knowledge from Native Americans, they might have had a chance to defeat the burrowers.
Instead, they are trapped by their own racist views. The movie ends tragically with the last Native person who knows how to kill the burrowers being lynched by a white supremacist.
A Haunting Depiction of the American West
The Burrowers offers a bleak look at the American West. The film’s visuals add to the horror. Wide, open spaces create an unsettling feeling that there’s nowhere to hide from the burrowers.
The night scenes are particularly chilling, as the darkness hides the horrors creeping toward the characters. The tension builds with just enough light to show the audience the danger that’s coming.
On a second viewing, the movie becomes even more frustrating. It’s clear early on that the Native Americans Coffey and his men are hunting aren’t responsible for the disappearances.
Still from The Burrowers (Credit: Tubi)
Yet, the settlers continue to ignore every clue pointing to the burrowers. The most frightening scenes in the movie aren’t caused by the monsters, but by the settlers themselves. Their violence, greed, and hatred ultimately doom them and leave them at the mercy of the borrowers.
“Monsters of The Frontier: Horror, Racism, and Survival in The Burrowers” shows a 2008 horror-western film set in 1879. It portrays the settlers’ violent racism, their failure to recognize real dangers, and the deadly consequences of ignoring Indigenous knowledge, all amidst a terrifying fight against monstrous creatures lurking beneath the land.
If you’re interested in watching The Burrowers, it’s currently available for streaming on Tubi in the U.S.
