I've been checking out my favorite Hellblazer site,
Straight To Hell, for the past half hour.
For those who don't know, John Constantine is a magus & a con-man, created during Alan Moore's run on 'Swamp thing', who was so cool he got his own comic book. He's a chain smoking Brit from up north living it up in London amongst all that's supernatural. Oh, and many people in Hell absolutely despise the bastard who was visually based on Sting.
Anyway, following on from the current craze of turning decent comic books into shite (except for a select few, like Spidey, X Men & Hellboy), they're making a Hellblazer movie called Constantine. And guess who's playing every comic lovers favorite smart arsed brit? Keannu Reeves.
This news shocked the shit out of me. Myself and quite a few vowed not to watch it. The trailer had him with a goddamn Crucifix shotgun, for fucks sake!
But the first test screenings have run, and strangely, it's all positive! Hmmm... curiosity has been piqued... check it out
here.
