Executive producer Daniel Cerone fought tooth and nail with NBC and even lobbied with other networks following the decision of the network not to renew the American supernatural drama TV series “Constantine” for a second season after the airing of its Season 1 finale on May 18, 2015.
The contracts of the main stars of the show were good until the end of June last year so he nurtured hopes that he might be able to convince network bigwigs to change their minds about the decision to cancel “Constantine” before the agreements expired.
In fact, he even proposed to sweeten the deal if the show gets greenlit for a second season. He offered to the network to cast veteran actor William Shatner of the “Star Trek” original franchise to star on “Constantine” because the actor is apparently a strong believer of the show.
Cerone also initiated an online signature campaign for the renewal of “Constantine” for Season 2 but all his efforts went for naught as NBC has already made up its mind and is no longer interested in airing the show.
The sad part of it all for Cerone and the millions of fans and viewers of the TV series based on DC Comics is that the show ended its 13th and final episode of Season 1 with a major cliffhanger, that left them all feeling shortchanged.
No hope of renewal
When everything was all said and done, it became clear that there is no longer hope for Season 2 of “Constantine” and Cerone eventually accepted the fate of the show. But to show how he has come to accept it and moved on from the debacle, the showrunner actually posted online late in October last year the script of episode 14 of Season 1 of “Constantine.”
Since there was no longer a Season 2, Cerone decided to write an episode 14 to give the TV series a fitting closure and allow fans to just read it online so that they could get their own closure and a fitting end to the show, reports Comicbook.com.
Cerone posted the episode 14 script of “Constantine” just one week before Welsh actor Matt Ryan, who plays the role of John Constantine in the TV series, was to make his cameo appearance in episode 5 of the current fourth season of “Arrow” early in November.
It was clearly an indication from Cerone that he has moved on from his loss with the rather untimely demise of “Constantine.”
Moving on to another show
Cerone was perhaps among the first few people who got excited when Matt Ryan played John Constantine once again in a cameo appearance in “Arrow” on The CW.
While Ryan’s guesting on “Arrow” momentarily opened the possibility that “Constantine” may get revived by another network, the former showrunner eventually accepted the fact that the show is over and done with.
Thus, he has moved on to become one of the writers of the American crime drama TV series “The Blacklist” also on NBC which is now in its third season. The show has already been renewed for Season 4 so it is likely that Cerone will have a bigger role in the next season, perhaps as one of the show’s executive producers, notes the Christian Today.
Following Matt Ryan’s guesting on “Arrow” in an episode of Season 4 late last year, there have been talks that his John Constantine character may appear again in future episodes of “Arrow” or the other superhero drama TV series on The CW based on DC Comics including “The Flash” and “Legends of Tomorrow.”
However, it seems that John Constantine would not be appearing on “Arrow” anytime soon or perhaps even in the future.
According to “Arrow” executive producer Marc Guggenheim, Constantine’s appearance on The CW series has been planned even before NBC cancelled “Constantine” in the spring of last year, details the Christian Today.