With James Gunn and Peter Safran now in charge, a fresh new slate of upcoming DC projects was just announced today, among them a brand new feature film take on Swamp Thing!
According to Variety‘s report this afternoon, the upcoming movie will “investigate the dark origins of Swamp Thing,” with various other DC characters joining him in the film.
“This is a much more horrific film, but we’ll still have Swamp Thing interact with the other characters,” Gunn teased during the massive unveiling of the upcoming DC slate today.
Swamp Thing of course most recently came to the small screen in a short-lived TV series for DC Universe. Derek Mears played the character in the show’s one and only season.
There was also a Swamp Thing feature film back in 1982, directed by Wes Craven and starring Dick Durock as the Swamp Thing. That film spawned a sequel as well as a TV series.
Wikipedia reminds, “A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in various different storylines. The character first appeared in House of Secrets #92 (July 1971) in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century. The character then returned in a solo series, set in the contemporary world and in the general DC continuity.
“The character is a swamp monster that resembles an anthropomorphic mound of vegetable matter, and fights to protect his swamp home, the environment in general, and humanity from various supernatural or terrorist threats.”
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