Neil Gaiman Addresses Confusing Constantine Pronunciation In Sandman Show
Despite being on screen multiple times throughout the years, The Sandman's Neil Gaiman reveals fans have been pronouncing Constantine incorrectly. Originally created by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette and John Totleben, the character made his comic book debut in 1985's The Saga of Swamp Thing No. 37 and would lead his own comic book series with Hellblazer. John Constantine has since gone on to appear in a variety of screen adaptations, including the Keanu Reeves-led Constantine movie and Matt Ryan in the Arrowverse's Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow after his short-lived solo series.
Gaiman created The Sandman comic book series with Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg which centered on Dream, one of the seven Endless beings who was captured during an occult ritual and escapes a century later, only to find his Kingdom of Dreaming decaying and sets out to restore it. Development on a Sandman adaptation has languished for over 30 years, including a film with Joseph Gordon-Levitt set to star and potentially direct, with Netflix finally getting the project going with Gaiman writing the series with David S. Goyer and Wonder Woman's Allan Heinberg. The Sandman is finally making its way to the streaming platform this summer and audiences are getting an interesting bit of insight regarding one major character.
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With less than a month remaining until its premiere, one fan took to Tumblr to ask Neil Gaiman about the different Constantine pronunciation in The Sandman show. The series and comic book creator revealed that the way he's been saying it in interviews for the series, which is "Constant-EYE-n" instead of Constan-teen", comes from how the character's co-creator Alan Moore
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