Matt Peters Interview: Constantine — The House of Mystery & Kamandi
The roster of the animated collection known as DC Showcase is growing with the arrival of Constantine — The House of Mystery, an epilogue to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War in which the titular hero finds himself trapped in the eponymous haunted location and fending off demonic versions of his friends who are killing him on a loop.
Along with Constantine, the new DC Showcase collection includes three other shorts that previously came packaged with DC Animated films. Now fans can find Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!, Blue Beetle and The Losers together in one Blu-ray package.
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In anticipation of the collection's release, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with director Matt Peters to discuss both Constantine — The House of Mysteryand Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!, how he crafted an epilogue for Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, and his long tenure with Warner Bros. Animation and more.
Screen Rant: I'm excited to talk about both of these shorts, but personally a little more about Constantine, because he's one of my favorite characters in the DC world. When did The House of Mystery development for that come about, because I know it takes place in the aftermath of Apokolips War and you were at the helm of that as well?
Matt Peters: Yeah, I co-directed that with Christina Sotta. We were working with James Tucker, and James was focusing on just trying to find a perfect little wrap up to his collection of films. It was such a monster movie to work on; it took two directors to make it happen. We shook hands, we were happy, we said, «Okay, we get it, we're done.»
And just as I'm dusting myself off, I'm walking through the building and then Rick comes up and approaches me and said,
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