James Mangold is circling the director's chair for the DCU's 'Swamp Thing' film.
Academy Award-nominated Director James Mangold could be bound for the swamps of Louisiana. According to The Hollywood Reporter and Mangold himself via a post on Twitter, the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny helmer is gunning for the director's chair for DC's recently-announced Swamp Thing movie. He's currently in talks with the studio to helm the film which will be a part of the massive first chapter of James Gunn and Peter Safran's revamped DCU.
Swamp Thing was announced and detailed on Tuesday by Gunn and Safran, showing off just how tonally diverse their vision for the new DCU is. The film is set to explore the "dark origins" of the titular character, once known as the brilliant scientist Alex Olsen, who was severely burned by chemicals and merged with the very swamp he studied after diving into the waters to save himself.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Mangold is still early in talks to helm the project, but optimism seems high that a deal will be reached. After the director shared an image of Swamp Thing drawn by co-creator Barry Wrightson, Gunn retweeted it, seemingly giving the thumbs up to his involvement.
His film history is a bit sparser than the average hero, however. Wes Craven helmed a popular 1982 film centering on the creature starring Dick Durock which eventually earned a sequel and a TV series. Swamp Thing got a chance to rise again 29 years after its first run on the small screen with the aforementioned 2019 series which proved to be one of the most beloved on-screen iterations of the character, though still failed to see more than ten episodes.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more on the Swamp Thing movie. In case you missed it, catch up on everything Gunn and Safran announced for the new DCU from more Batman and Superman to a Booster Gold series. Check out the post from Mangold below.
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