James Mangold, a director most known for his work on Logan, is in discussion to direct Swamp Thing for DC Studios.
Variety reports that Mangold approached James Gunn and Peter Safran with his concept for the next film since he has been a lifelong admirer of the DC Comics supernatural hero.
The news about Mangold’s interest to do a DC film comes just 24 hours after Gunn and Safran announced the first 10 film and TV titles within the rebooted DC Universe on Tuesday. According to them, these titles will make up chapter 1 of DCU, which they are calling Gods and Monsters.
On Tuesday evening, following the project’s official announcement, Mangold posted an image of Swamp Thing to Twitter and Gunn retweeted the post, which got comic book fans buzzing that a collaboration might be in the works.
The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. The humanoid/plant elemental creature was created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson. It was first adapted to the big screen in 1982, directed by Wes Craven.
