By Out there and still talking up his Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” filmmaker James Mangold did tease another project he’s involved with – the “Swamp Thing” movie at DC Studios.
The filmmaker has both that DC project and a “Star Wars” film about the origins of the Jedi in the works. He has spoken fairly regularly about the “Star Wars” film which looks like it will move forward before the “Swamp Thing” movie arrives.
With both films he’ll be getting a certain amount of creative freedom that many filmmakers in big franchises rarely get. With “Star Wars,” because it takes place around 25,000 years before the Lucas-directed trilogies, there’s little in the way of lore he has to watch out for.
Speaking with Movieweb recently, he says with “Swamp Thing” he’s approaching it as if it were a standalone creature feature and not part of a larger franchise – even as it is confirmed to be a part of the DC Universe:
“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… Just doing my own thing with this, just a standalone.”
DC Studios chief James Gunn has indicated no project at the studio will move forward until the script is in the right place it needs to be. He’s not afraid of standalone creature features either with the DCU-set, Mike Flanagan-penned “Clayface” film doing a similar approach.
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