With James Gunn at the helm of Warner Bros.’ attempt to reboot the DCU, some of DC’s darker, weirder characters may finally make it to the big screen. Swamp Thing, one of DC’s best heroes, is already slated for a film from Logan’s James Mangold. That’s exciting, but it’s worth noting the character already had a top-shelf adaptation premiere five years ago on the now-defunct DC Universe streaming service. It was a critically lauded, comic-accurate, horror-heavy adaptation of Alan Moore’s brilliant Swamp Thing run, with gorgeous effects and a complex performance from horror great Derek Mears... and its cancellation was announced a week after the pilot aired.
