Constantine star Matt Ryan has promised that the new NBC series will "do the comics justice".

The fall drama is based on the Hellblazer series, published by DC Comics between 1988 and 2013.

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"There's over 300 issues of the Hellblazer comic," Ryan told IGN. "There's just so much source material to glean from. I've read about 100 of them now, so I've got a way to go."

He added: "We're trying to stay as close to the source material as possible and really do the comics justice."

Hellblazer previously served as the inspiration for the 2005 film Constantine starring Keanu Reeves.

In the loose big-screen adaptation, lead character John Constantine - originally a Liverpudlian - was re-imagined as an American.

NBC's own Constantine will premiere in the US on Friday, October 24at 10/9c. The series is yet to secure a UK broadcaster.

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