James Mangold has done it all as a filmmaker. From Academy Award-nominated work to reinventing Wolverine, Mangold can do no wrong in many fans’ eyes.
That’s why the hype for James Mangold’s upcoming Swamp Thing film is so high. With hits like Logan and Ford v Ferrari under his belt, fans are curious about what he can do when he enters the world of horror and superheroes.
Speaking with Variety as he promotes the new Indiana Jones movie, the director opened up about Swamp Thing, and he stresses he’s going for a standalone gothic horror without trying to force into a DCU bubble.
“While I’m sure DC views Swamp Thing as a franchise, I would be viewing it as a very simple, clean, Gothic horror movie about this man/monster,” Mangold tells Variety.
This project has been on Mangold’s mind for a while; the filmmaker says, “toying for years with the idea of making a kind of Frankenstein movie,” before stressing that he’s “just doing my own thing with this; just a standalone.”
“I am interested in making something that works from beginning to end — to curtain,” he notes. “Otherwise, I’m working on the world’s most expensive television show.”
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As Mangold awaits to begin production on Swamp Thing, the filmmaker is currently promoting Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ahead of its release this coming week.
Starring along with Harrison Ford are Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”), Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”), John Rhys-Davies (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Shaunette Renee Wilson (“Black Panther”), Thomas Kretschmann (“Das Boot”), Toby Jones (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), Boyd Holbrook (“Logan”), Oliver Richters (“Black Widow”), Ethann Isidore (“Mortel”) and Mads Mikkelsen (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore”).
Directed by James Mangold, the film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Simon Emanuel, with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas serving as executive producers. John Williams, who has scored each Indy adventure since the original “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1981, is once again composing the score.
Indiana Jones final adventure begins when Dial of Destiny arrives in cinemas on June 30th, 2023.
