Matt Ryan Returns as "Constantine" for New Animated Series on CW Seed

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"Constantine" Resurrected as Animated Series by CW Seed
January 8, 2017
by Kate Stanhope


"Constantine" is coming back. The DC Comics drama, which was most recently adapted for TV by NBC, will return as an animated series on CW Seed, it was announced Sunday at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.

Matt Ryan, who starred on the short-lived NBC drama, will voice the lead character.





The animated series will consist of five or six 10-minute episodes that will premiere during the 2017-18 TV season. On CW Seed, "Constantine" joins fellow animated DC Comics series "Vixen", which launched its second season in October.

Like "Vixen", which is set in the "Arrow" universe, "Constantine" has crossed over with "Arrow" in the past. Ryan reprised the role in a 2015 episode of "Arrow" shortly after the series was canceled by NBC.

Additionally, the 13 episodes of the live-action "Constantine" drama are available for streaming on CW Seed.





Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer adapted "Constantine" for NBC in 2014 from the DC series Hellblazer. The series drew poor viewership and was canceled in May 2015. Despite efforts by Warner Bros. TV to find a new home for the drama, reportedly at NBC cable network Syfy, among other outlets, the cast was released from their contracts the following month.

Goyer also will be an executive producer on the animated series, along with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, who also are exec producers on The CW's superhero slate.

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