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Following the news that Constantine won’t be picked up by another network – signaling the show’s demise – series lead Matt Ryan has taken to Twitter to voice his disappointment and thank fans.

“Very disappointed that we are not continuing this journey, will miss playing john. You guys never gave up, I thank you all,” tweeted Ryan.

Showrunner Daniel Cerone announced a couple of days ago that following NBC’s decision to not move forward with Season 2, that no other network had picked up Constantine.

“The cast and writers of Constantine are being released from their contracts,” Cerone said in part a previous statement. “The studio tried to find a new home for the show, for which we’re forever grateful, but those efforts didn’t pan out.”

NBC executives previously cited live ratings as the reason for cancelling Constantine; however, the ratings were higher than most of the DC shows on the CW, but as to why Constantine didn’t end up on the CW network is unknown. Likewise, Constantine could have found a new home on NBC’s sister network, SyFy, but it’s also unknown why that didn’t happen.

Perhaps with Constantine now officially over, details as to how the series was going to move forward will become known as Season 1 ended on a cliffhanger. A few scripts from additional Season 1 episodes of Constantine also exist that didn’t get a chance to air, which were going to be spun into Season 2. At one time, it was even said plans for a Spectre spinoff were being talked about.

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Constantine is officially cancelled.

Following NBC not renewing the series for a second season, showrunner Daniel Cerone released the following statement that states no other network has picked up Constantine.

I promised I’d share news when I had it — sadly, that news is not good. The cast and writers of Constantine are being released from their contracts. The studio tried to find a new home for the show, for which we’re forever grateful, but those efforts didn’t pan out. I’m sorry, I wasn’t provided any information on the attempts to sell the show elsewhere. All I can report is that the show is over. 

Many ingredients went into this TV series. From the dedicated cast that breathed these characters to life, led by Matt Ryan as the comic-made-flesh embodiment of John Constantine, to the exceptionality talented crew that put unreal images on screen, to the original Hellblazer writers and artists who gifted us a universe. 

As a general principle, writers don’t choose a writing career to achieve stardom. Whatever demons or insecurities drove them to find freedom of expression through written words generally keeps writers comfortably obscure behind their words. Nor do people choose writing as a means to financial freedom. I’d venture to guess that most who set out to write professionally never receive a paycheck for their hopeful scribbles or key strokes. 

In fact, nobody I know ever chose a writing career — it chose them. You write because that’s what you do. Like breathing, it just happens and you have to do it and you just hope that someday somebody out there notices what you’re trying to say. 

If that’s the dream of writers, than the writers of Constantine lived the dream, because we’re leaving behind wild and passionate fans who believe in and were moved by what we tried to do. To leave such a significant, dedicated and active fan base on the table — that’s the real sadness. You all deserve many years of the series we set out to make, and we’re disappointed that we couldn’t deliver that to you. The good news is that Constantine will live on for years in many more forms. But our time as caretakers has ended. 

Thank you for letting us in. 

Daniel Cerone

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It looks as if Constantine‘s fire is almost out, sad to say, as the CW didn’t announce they are picking up the series at the Upfronts.

In addition, CW president Mark Pedowitz stated it’s just a rumor that Constantine was going to move over to the CW and insinuated it had as much of a chance as him playing in the NBA.

 “At the moment, it’s just a rumor,” Pedowitz said at a morning conference call. “There’s also a rumor going around that I was going to play for the NBA.”

Constantine showrunner Daniel Cerone also is said to have deleted a tweet that read it’s not looking good for Constantine at the CW.

Cerone has since updated with: “Tough morning. Feeling your disappointment. Touched by the continued enthusiasm.”

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NBC has officially cancelled Constantine, but the future of the series may not be done just yet.

Today NBC decided not to move forward with Constantine Season 2, which follows the network’s decision not to order a full series for Season 1 earlier in the year. NBC executives previously blamed the live ratings for the decision. 

Don’t give up hope just yet as now showrunner Daniel Cerone is shopping Constantine to other networks, with the CW the current favorite.

The CW is already home of The Flash, Arrow, iZombie and the upcoming DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow spinoff, so Constantine could find a home there. In addition, The CW’s ratings requirements aren’t as high as NBC, and The CW is owned in part by Warner Bros. Constantine actually has higher ratings than both Arrow and iZombie, which The CW recently renewed.

Cerone took to his Twitter to note a ratings low at NBC would be a hit at many of the other networks.

#SaveConstantine

Update: Arrow star Stephen Amell offers support for Constantine and to guest star.

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As many fans know, NBC cut short a full season of Constantine and also hasn’t announced a season 2.

The good news is they haven’t officially cancelled Constantine, and showrunner Daniel Cerone says we won’t find out until May.

Now NBC has actually set up a voicemail for Constantine as anyone calling in and asking to speak to NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt regarding Constantine Season 2 will be forwarded to a voice mail.

You can then leave your thoughts about the show and suggestions.

Update: It appears the call-in campaign is not officially approved by NBC, so we took down the number and information.

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Constantine recently aired its season finale, and with it remains the question whether or not we’ll get to see a Season 2.

Seeing how Season 1 ended, I have to say we better get a Season 2, and that is not only to see more from Jim Corrigan and the Spectre, but also to see how Constantine will deal with what happened at the conclusion of the episode. 

NBC didn’t order additional episodes past the initial thirteen, and they haven’t yet decided to greenlight Season 2.

Fans have been taking to social media with #SaveConstantine to voice their support.

Showrunner Daniel Cerone has also been vocal on Twitter as he regularly live-tweets the series and offers updates.

The latest tweets from Cerone offer that fans should watch Constantine where it’s available online and on-demand. 

Cerone also says we might not find out if Constantine has a Season 2 until May as that is when the networks will decide their plans for next Fall.

Daniel Cerone also teased the fans by revealing they have additional season one scripts for episodes 14-16.

Angelica Celaya, who plays Zed in the series, stated in an interview that the episodes that didn’t get a chance to air will be pushed to Season 2.

Cerone also added that Constantine is an expensive show; stating it’s not cancelled as, again, they will pitch NBC new episodes come May.

You can watch episodes of Constantine on NBC, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes.

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Fans of DC Comics continue to get nods and Easter Eggs in the Constantine TV series.

The latest is that the Eclipso diamond will be featured in episode 12.

Showrunner Daniel Cerone told CBR: “We had such an embarrassment of riches with those comic books. I’m literally just leaving playback right now for episode 12. We utilize a black diamond which has an iconic mythology around that in the DC Universe. We did our version of the black diamond. Yes, we use the mythology as an inspiration for that episode.”

Cerone doesn’t specifically mention whether Eclipso will be featured, but the character would make a good pairing with the series as Eclispo is a demon who uses the gem – known as the Heart Of Darkness which was found on the planet of Apokalips as a weapon for Darkseid – to exert his influence over people.

Another bonus is that Eclipso was the first Spirit of Vengeance, prior to The Spectre, who went bad. The Spectre is also set to appear on the following episode of Constantine, episode 13, the last episode of Season 1.

Constantine airs Fridays at 8pm ET on NBC.