The DC Universe retains getting scarier! James Mangold reveals new particulars about his upcoming Swamp Factor movie.
Out of all of the movies introduced for the preliminary slate of the DC Universe, Swamp Factor is the one which had followers most perplexed. Whereas he wasn’t probably the most obscure character to land a venture (that honor would go to The Authority), the character simply had a cult-hit streaming sequence that was cancelled after a single season. The movie’s director was additionally introduced to be James Mangold, who was barreling towards a profession low with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
But issues are trying up for Swamp Factor. In an interview with MovieWeb to advertise his current Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, James Mangold revealed just a few particulars concerning the upcoming movie. Particularly, that he views the venture as a horror movie that stands by itself within the DC Universe, no matter how the brass on the prime take into account the venture for his or her broader franchise.
“With Bob [Dylan] you will have recognized portions, sure, however there are methods to interpret them. With other forms of IP, it will get to a non secular degree. Swamp Factor at DC, it’s only a matter of – can we discover a manner on the web page to say one thing unique? Whereas I’m certain DC views Swamp Factor as a franchise, I might be viewing it as a quite simple, clear, Gothic horror film about this man/monster. Simply doing my very own factor with this, only a standalone.”
Will Swamp Factor Be Too Related To Clayface?
James Mangold’s description might have some followers worrying that Swamp Factor might edge too near the tone of Mike Flanagan’s Clayface film set to movie later this yr. Nonetheless, regardless of being two horror movies set within the DC Universe, the tasks have been described very in another way. Flanagan has described Clayface as much like the body-horror traditional The Fly, whereas Mangold has beforehand described Swamp Thing as being similar to Frankenstein.
Followers shouldn’t get too excited, although. It’ll seemingly be some time earlier than Swamp Factor finds his technique to the DC Universe. With James Mangold wrapping manufacturing on A Full Unknown, he plans to place his full consideration into his Star Wars film exploring the Dawn of the Jedi. Assuming the director takes no different tasks between that and Swamp Factor, it’ll seemingly be a minimal of six years earlier than the venture hits screens.
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