The DC streaming service is slowly coming into focus. Theofficial websitehas launched with placeholder logos for the live-actionTitansseries along with the animated showsYoung Justice: OutsidersandHarley Quinn. Now it looks likeSwamp Thingcould be joining their ranked.
A press release has announced that a one-hour, live-action drama series based onLen WeinandBernie Wrightson’s character is in development withMark Verheiden(Constantine,Netflix’sDaredevil) andGary Dauberman(Itand its forthcoming sequel) on board to write the script and serve as showrunners.James Wan, who is helming the DCEU’sAquaman, will serve as an executive producer on the show.
Per the press release, “The drama follows what happens when CDC researcher Abby Arcane returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. There, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all.”
Swamp Thing has been one of the weirder and more beloved among DC’s stable even though he’s never quite hit the mainstream in the ways other characters have. There was 1982 feature directed byWes Cravenand a short-lived series in the 1990s that ran on USA as well as a brief animated series.
It will be interesting to see ifSwampThinggets picked up. Right now,Titansis the only live-action series on deck for DC Universe. There was the possibility of theSupermanprequel seriesMetropolisfocusing on Lois Lane and Lex Luthor, but according toDeadline, the series had a 13-episode straight-to-series order, but is now being redeveloped.
The DC Universe is targeting a 2019 premiere.
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