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Lawrence Mulls Constantine

Video director Francis Lawrence is in talks to make his feature directorial debut on Constantine, a film adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book Hellblazer, with Keanu Reeves in the title role, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Comic-book fan Nicolas Cage at one point had expressed interest in the film.

Reeves will star as John Constantine, a man who dabbles in the occult and teams with a female police officer to fight evil forces, the trade paper reported. Kevin Brodbin (The Glimmer Man) wrote the original script, with a rewrite by Mark Bomback and Frank Cappello.

Lawrence has directed videos for such groups and artists as Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Pink, Will Smith and Britney Spears. His video for Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," from the Armageddon soundtrack, won the 1998 MTV Video Music Award for best video from a film, the trade paper reported.

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