Shortly before Netflix released all ten episodes of Sandman Season 1, it was announced that John Constantine’s character would not be appearing in the series. As a reminder, John Constantine is a recurring character in DC Comics. In 2014, he also had the rights to his own TV series. But above all, it is present in graphic novels. sand man Written by Neil Gaiman.
Logically, fans of the author were hoping to find him in the series – perhaps in the guise of Matt Ryan. Constantine stars in the Netflix series, but it’s Johanna Constantine – and Lady Constantine, her ancestor – both played by English actress Jenna Coleman.
Neil Gaiman explained this on his Twitter account in September 2021, when he tweeted after learning that Jenna Coleman was set to play Constantine:
“The rights situation with John is of course limited at this time. But the plan to have Lady Johanna and Joanna (sic) in the story and play the same person was planned from the beginning. It seemed more orderly. That’s how it worked.“
This means that there are other projects surrounding John Constantine that prevent him from being a part of Sandman. Announced for February 2021, the John Constantine reboot is in development for HBO Max under the auspices of Bad Robot, produced by JJ Abrams. Scripts are already provided. In addition, Constantine is also part of Bad Robot’s plans for the Justice League Dark series, which will bring together DC Comics’ supernatural creatures.
Therefore, the presence of Johanna Konstantine makes sense. Created by Neil Gaiman in the comics sand manLady Johanna is John’s ancestor. He is also a kind of trickster who dabbles in the supernatural. Johanna Constantine is just as dangerous and untrustworthy as John, but she moves in popular circles and her clients include the Queen of England herself!
He is the series’ Constantine, as Neil Gaiman confirmed in an August 3 tweet:
“In the Sandman universe, where Morpheus has escaped from captivity in 2022, he is the current incarnation of Constantine’s life force.“
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