Straight to Hell recently scored a few pics of Keanu Reeves as Constantine. Constantine is based on the DC comics series Hellblazer about a hard-drinking, chainsmoking magician detective. The character was originally introduced in the pages of Alan Moore’s classic Swamp Thing series and was then spun off into his own series.

As you can imagine, fanboys went berzerk when they heard Keanu was going to be playing this part. After all, he’s not blonde and he’s not British. However, the director Francis Lawrence assures fans that “the heart of the character, the attitude and the period he invokes is intact, as this was the most important thing for me to maintain.”

Here is our first look at Keanu as Constantine. For more information, visit Straight to Hell.