Matt Ryan's Constantine to Crossover with Green Arrow - Hero to Appear in Early Season 4 Episode

Matt Ryan's Constantine to crossover with Green Arrow 

Hero to Appear in Early Season 4 Episode

Alex Burns

Excellent news for Hellblazer fans today as Matt Ryan's Constantine will reprise his role on an episode of Arrow's fourth season. The actor starred as the chain smoking, demon hunting hero in NBC's short lived Constantine series.

John Constantine's story never reached a satisfying conclusion due to the cancellation, during the 13 episode run we saw Constantine's struggles with faith and his attempts to right the sins of his past. The series had John preparing to defend humanity from the gathering forces of darkness. It could be possible we see some kind of resolution to the show when Ryan guest-stars in the fifth episode of Arrow's fourth season, titled "Haunted."

The CW have given a clue as to how Constantine will feature in the episode, providing valuable support to Oliver (Stephen Amell) when arrows just won't suffice. The show has more than enough supernatural elements already so it's no stretch of the imagination having Constantine appear.

"We are thrilled to have Matt Ryan reprise the role of John Constantine on an upcoming episode of Arrow. Matt is an incredibly talented actor and his portrayal of this beloved character was always something we admired," said Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim in a statement. "The introduction of magic and mysticism on the show this season has provided a truly organic opportunity for us to bring John Constantine to Arrow and the CW’s DC universe. It will be a well-deserved tip of the hat to all the Constantine fans who were so incredibly supportive of that series."

Although Constantine proved a success with fans and critics for it's pull no punches approach to the source material, the ratings just weren't enough for the network. After the show received official cancellation there were numerous attempts to find it a new home, sadly these were unsuccessful and showrunner Daniel Cerone opened up about the experience in a touching blog post.

"I promised I'd share news when I had it — sadly, that news is not good," he wrote. "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."

It's a shame the show couldn't survive but who knows there's a lot of DC Comics heroes in the CW lineup right now, could Constantine join the likes of Brandon Routh's Atom and become a series regular down the line? Never say never right? Arrow's new season premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. on The CW.