Following the shocking cancellation of Batgirl amid a new plan for HBO Max and DC, fans have been left to wonder what will happen to the rest of the proposed projects featuring their favorite comic book heroes. Well, courtesy of a new report by Deadline, the Constantine reboot series from Star Trek and Star Wars director J.J. Abrams is safe.

“One HBO Max project that sources point to as being on solid ground and moving along is Constantine, a darker reboot of the DC Comics character from British writer Guy Bolton. The project is set around a diverse lead, rather than the one played by Matt Ryan in the 2014 NBC series and The CW’s Arrowverse, or the 2005 Keanu Reeves feature film.”

Phrases such as “solid ground” and “moving along” should be enough to satisfy Constantine fans for the time being, and certainly suggest that all is well with Abrams’ reboot. As well as revealing that the show is safe, the report also states that the series will feature a “diverse lead,” something that tracks with the recent rumor that Gangs of London star Sope Dirisu is being eyed for the role of occult detective John Constantine.

Making his first appearance in The Saga of Swamp Thing in 1985, John Constantine has been portrayed several times in live-action – on the small screen by Matt Ryan and on the big screen by John Wick star Keanu Reeves. A working-class warlock, occult detective, and con man from Liverpool, Constantine deals with all manner of sorcery, monsters, demons, and threats from heaven, hell and everything in between. And all with a charming cynicism that has led to him being a comic book favorite.

Abrams’ involvement in a Constantine series for HBO Max was first announced back in February last year, but since then not much has been revealed. Thankfully, despite the changes at Warner Bros. Discovery, it sounds like there will be much more to come from the beloved Constantine.

Warner Bros. Discovery Now Has a 10-Year Plan for the DC Universe

The news that Batgirl starring Leslie Grace, Michael Keaton, and Brendan Fraser would no longer be released came as huge shock to everyone. From fans to industry veterans. While a variety of reasons for the decision have been suggested, with reports having claimed that the movie was of a poor quality, while others have stated that it has all been done for tax purposes, President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav has since assured DC fans that they do have a plan.

"There will be a team with a 10-year plan focusing just on DC. It's very similar to the structure that Alan Horn and Bob Iger put together, very effectively, with Kevin Feige at Disney," he explained recently. "We think that we could build a long-term much stronger, sustainable growth business out of DC. And as part of that, we're going to focus on quality. We're not going to release any film before it's ready. We're not going to release a film to make a quarter. We're not going to release a film unless the focus is going to be, 'How do we make each of these films in general as good as possible?' But DC is something that we think we could make better, and we're focused on it now. We have some great DC films coming up — Black Adam, Shazam, and Flash – and we're working on all of those. We're very excited about them."

Stay tuned for more Constantine news.