Yesterday, after months of speculation, James Gunn and Peter Safran - now the official big kahunas behind WB's relaunch of the DC cinematic universe - shared their plans for the next few years' worth of releases: a new Superman movie, a new Batman movie (now with 100% more Robin), an animated series by the name of Creature Commandos, a Wonder Woman spin-off set in Themyscira ... and, perhaps most excitingly to us horror nerds at FANGORIA, a brand-new Swamp Thing movie.
Our report on the matter (which you can read here) was fairly limited in terms of details. Beyond specifically referring to the project as a horror movie and the implication that the film would close out the first chapter of Gunn and Safran's multi-year DC plan, there wasn't much else to go on.
This is no longer the case! According to a new report over at THR, James Mangold (Logan, the forthcoming Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) is in talks to helm the new Swamp Thing ... which certainly seemed to be what Mangold was getting at when he tweeted this out last night:
— Mangold (@mang0ld) February 1, 2023
From where we're standing, Mangold is a very interesting choice for this project. The man's got all manner of genre experience (check out 2003's Identity to see Mangold's horror/thriller chops in action), knows his way around a sizable budget, and has only grown more assured in delivering spectacle with each new film he makes. He probably wouldn't have been the first name we'd conjure as a possible director for Swamp Thing, but then, that's why we have a James Gunn and a Peter Safran.
Nothing further to report at this time and we expect it'll be a minute before anything major happens with this one, but do stay tuned for further Swamp Thing updates as they roll in. We are very curious about this one.
