With the cast of DC Universe’s live-action Swamp Thing starting to come together ahead of filming on the pilot later this year, screenwriter Gary Dauberman has been chatting to SlashFilm about the series, revealing that it will employ “a physical costume” for the titular creature.
“Swamp Thing himself looks incredible,” said Dauberman, referring to the practical effects used to bring him to life. “So it’s going to look amazing and less of the ‘man in suit’ that you’ve seen in the movie and the other TV show [from 1990].”
Dauberman also went on to confirm that, much like fellow DC Universe series Titans, Swamp Thing will be going “hard R”:
“We always set out to make Swamp Thing as hard R as we could and go graphic with the violence, with the adult themes and make it as scary as possible. Because we’re doing it through the DC streaming service, they really pushed us, although they didn’t have to push hard, for us to go as extreme as we could. We really took our inspiration from the Alan Moore run in Swamp Thing, this landmark I think run. Fans of that series will know it gets pretty weird and extreme and scary.”
The pilot for Swamp Thing is being directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld), while the cast so far includes Crystal Reed (Gotham) as Abby Arcane and Maria Sten (Channel Zero) as Liz Tremayne.
