First Official Image of Matt Ryan as John Constantine

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/constantine-will-not-be-allowed-to-smoke-on-tv-126

@inferiorego:

Oh look it's Edward Kenway with a haircut!

some one please quote my name and tell me the tv time.

JC without cigarettes would be like Bruce Wayne still having parents.

@billy_batson: No, I just mean cigarettes.

Though it was one pretty awesome arc.

The thing that was in what, one arc?

BB

Wheres the fucking lung cancer?

He looks great.

I've never read any Hellblazer comics but I do know what Constantine looks like. But I hope that Swamp Thing or Zatanna show up.

He looks great

I am auto watching this

Wow! Excellent casting decision! Looks great! Who would have thought that visually accurate casting would work?

He looks perfect for JC.

I really hope they don't screw this up; I've been a JC fan since his first appearances in Swamp Thing.

Sounds like they're kicking off the story in a similar place to where the first issues of Hellblazer started (with 'Newcastle' as an ever looming, and defining, event in JC's past).

He needs his Silk Cut - without his smoking habit there's a huge chunk of character defining story they can't touch (the only thing the Keannu film got right IMO). I'm also guessing that it will all be set stateside, which is a little saddening - especially as there are many pages from the first few years of Hellblazer that are (or rather were 20 some years ago) totally recognizable UK locations - especially the Northampton ones from Jamie Delano's run... I still get a kick from seeing Abington Park and the 'Rice Bowl' Chinese take-away on the Wellingborough road portrayed in the comics ;)

Looks too young in my opinion. He needs to be more 'gruff'.

I'm so happy with this casting! I expected another blunder but this!!! I am so onboard now we have a proper blond and scouse Constantine. Now he has to nail the personality and I can die happy.

I really like the way this first pic looks. Much more like a Hellblazer cover than a new 52 Constantine one.

Still, as someone who own every single issue and graphic novel of Hellblazer, I am still highly sceptical. I love this property too much to see it handled wrong again.

I know a lot of people defend the Keanu movie, but those were never Hellblazer fans. The movie pissed all over Hellblazer and didn't get what made the comics so special.

Wow, looks great.

I know, that's why I went out of my way to spell it ConstanTEEN when referring to the Reeves movie since that's the pronunciation they used instead of the British pronunciation of the name.

I know very little of JC but I am going to check out the pilot at the very least out of respect for the comic character since everyone loves the guy. there is potential for some really cool cameos here.

Looks like Matt Ryan's Constantine could be the son of...

Looks so good that it should have been apart of the movie franchise.

Heard the same. It's a conflict with the network. Probably won't even watch if he doesn't.

This looks promising.

I have no complaints for this or the Flash show, obviously Constantine is EASIER to do on every level, I mean magic, witty, wise ass personality with a typical wardrobe and a tie isn't that hard really where is Flash has to have a costume, so yeah....but I'm looking forward to both ;)

Was wondering about that, couldn't they give him "movie fake cigs" or perhaps vapor ecigs?

Wow, they made Constantine look a lot better than I thought they would, I hope this transitions well into a TV show,

I think this has real potential to be as big a hit as Smallville and Arrow. It looks like they're trying to keep true to the comics from what little I can gather and hopefully they can lend a similar amount of realism ( relatively speaking) as Arrow.

@billy_batson: Ahhh, ok, was going off when it ended.

John did start in the comics in his 30's.

BB

Nice!

@erik:
Hahaha! I asked my wife if we looked alike and she said no.

Yep, I love Hellblazer (what little I have read) and i even like the new 52 series, outside of the Blight crossover.

Looks good, guess they're making him a bit younger than in Hellblazer?

Never mind I just googled it... I feel pretty stupid.

@jake_fury: Lol no. I seem to recall that you were a big fan of the comic series. Am I remembering wrong?

I thought he was a mage... is there a difference?

You think I look like this guy?

@mrmazz: He's a warlock/magician

@onemoreposter said:

I'm right there with you on the front about Reeves' movie. Despite being a rather....... jarring departure from the source material, at least in terms of origin and look, for Constantine(It rhymes with line) it was a good movie. Sometimes that works, like with Blade who's movie was VASTLY different to how he was in the comics.

However unlike Blade, John Constantine as a character is already interesting enough to where he doesn't need to be changed all that much.

Also he looks perfect to me, jumping on the bandwagon right here.

Like I wrote on Bleeding Cool this morning, he looks good.

@the_v0id: clearly Idris Elba should just play everything and everyone

Can't wait till the show starts!

I forgot this was still happening lol. Looks like Constantine to me! I'm excited!

Constantine may not be smoking a cigarette, but his covered in smoke.

NOOICE!

He certainly looks like Constantine, but I'm waiting to see how he acts. Hopefully the pilot gets picked up.

Looks like a real life Constantine!

Bloody excellent!

Wow, he looks absolutely perfect for this role! I never got into the Hellblazer series nor the New 52 series of Constantine, but I guess I'll check them out depending on how well the Constantine TV series goes

Liking the look, but I'm also hoping he'll smoke in the series. It's a fairly important part of the character, IMO, and you can't really do "Dangerous Habits" without it. And I'd love to see them do "Dangerous Habits" without Keanu... if the show is any good, that is.

Also wondering how they'll pronounce his name - I'm assuming 'Constanteen'.

Looks spot on. Can't complain about this.