Constantine: EP Daniel Cerone Talks “A Feast Of Friends”

Tonight’s episode of Constantine on NBC is notable as it adapts the very first story of the Hellblazer comic book series.

“A Feast Of Friends” specifically borrows from the title of issue #2 of the DC comic book, and the story began in the series’ first issue over 25 years ago.

“We’re digging as deeply into the Constantine mythos as we possibly can,” Executive Producer Daniel Cerone said on a press call earlier this week. It really is inspiring much of our storytelling. The episode that is airing this Friday, which we’re extremely excited about, ‘Feast of Friends’ is the title, and that’s a story that’s literally ripped from the pages of Hellblazer,” he said.

“It brings back Gary Lester, who is one of the – John’s friend from Newcastle. And it’s a fantastic story that translated so well to screen. It’s our show at its pinnacle and it just sort of really kind of set a bar of everything that we hope this show can be and can do,” he enthused.

“We have a fantastic ride ahead. Before the end of the season, you’re going to meet and get to know every one of John’s friends from Newcastle that were involved in the sort of faithful exorcism of Astra that led to the torment of John’s soul, and you’re going to meet them all,” he promised. “We have this incredible source material, and we want to honor it and dig as deeply into it as we possibly can. At the same time, we’re a weekly network show and we have weekly stories, and we’re trying to present the best of both worlds in terms of ongoing mythology with the Hellblazer and DC world, but wrapped around weekly stories the viewers can hook into.”

Constantine “A Feast of Friends” airs at 10PM tonight (November 14) on NBC. Take a look at some preview images and join the discussion on our Constantine forum!