JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Concept Art Reveals A New Take On Swamp-Thing From Doug Liman's Scrapped Movie

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Concept Art Reveals A New Take On Swamp-Thing From Doug Liman's Scrapped Movie

The Bourne Identity's Doug Liman was once set to take the helm of a Justice League Dark movie for Warner Bros., and concept art from that reveals unexpected plans for Swamp-Thing on the big screen...

By JoshWilding - Aug 26, 2020 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League Dark

Justice League Dark has been through its fair share of directors at this point, and the current plan is for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams to develop an adaptation for HBO Max. 

Once upon a time, though, Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity) was attached to take the helm of a Justice League Dark movie, and he came close to actually getting it made, too. Proof of that now comes in the form of some newly revealed concept art shared by Houston Sharp. 

The artwork reveals a very different take on Swamp-Thing which, as Liman explains, "Doug had the idea of Swamp Thing being a spirit of the swamp, coming into form when a group of arsonists set the plants ablaze." Taking a closer look at the hero, he's clearly a lot thinner than the hulking version from the comic books, and doesn't look all that different to Groot! 

Visually, Liman clearly had some interesting ideas for Justice League Dark, and Sharp has promised to reveal more concept art. Hopefully, that means we'll get to see more members of the team! 

Check it out below:
 

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/26/2020, 6:13 AM
Not a fan of it being spiritual
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 8/26/2020, 6:14 AM
People want a more comicbook accurate adaptation. Hasn't DC learned this yet? The movies that don't do well tossed out most of the source material. The ones that do well, embrace it. Aka Wonder Woman, Auquaman, and (imo) Shazam. The new series had it down. Stick with that. Please.
Kman
Kman - 8/26/2020, 6:18 AM
@Manmarvel - I’m waiting for the new Swamp thing to land on HBOmax so I can watch it... heard great things
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 8/26/2020, 6:20 AM
@Manmarvel - Well this one was cancelled in 2017.

Also, not quite sure comic book adaptation accuracy applies anymore to DC after the successes of the Nolan Trilogy and The Joker. People will watch a well made movie, regardless of accuracy.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/26/2020, 6:28 AM
@Manmarvel - You do know that they didn’t make this, right? They did do (sadly only one season) a series and this is what he looked like.

Kman
Kman - 8/26/2020, 6:30 AM
@RolandD - now THAT is good!
Kman
Kman - 8/26/2020, 6:17 AM
I mean, it’s cool as [frick]....

but no
MahN166A
MahN166A - 8/26/2020, 6:23 AM
Looks like The Fallen from Bayformers
Kumkani
Kumkani - 8/26/2020, 6:44 AM
TV show had the perfect design
teefurtree
teefurtree - 8/26/2020, 7:40 AM
@Necropolitan - 100%
TheDarkPassenger
TheDarkPassenger - 8/26/2020, 6:54 AM
Reminds me of the Leshens from Witcher 3.
Tpo81
Tpo81 - 8/26/2020, 7:04 AM
Dude what?
PoppaBonna
PoppaBonna - 8/26/2020, 7:39 AM
I was a fan of the show. A shame it’s cancelled.
teefurtree
teefurtree - 8/26/2020, 7:40 AM
Hmm, not what I was expecting. Exactly, to another guy, reminds me of a Leshen.



Maybe it would work if Swamp Thing was going through a particularly humanity-dissociated episode. But it doesn't really make much sense to me, and if there were any combat it would verge on Bayformer territory - impossible to tell what's going on with the violently thrashing bundle of sticks.
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