James Mangold Signs New Deal With Paramount - What Does This Mean For His SWAMP THING And STAR WARS Movies?

James Mangold Signs New Deal With Paramount - What Does This Mean For His SWAMP THING And STAR WARS Movies?

Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director James Mangold has a number of major projects in the pipeline, and the filmmaker has just signed a new deal with Paramount Pictures...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 01, 2025 04:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars

Yesterday, we got word that Logan director James Mangold has signed an overall deal with Paramount Pictures to “develop, direct, and produce feature film projects” for the studio, which was recently acquired by Skydance.

The new deal follows the recent news that Mangold's latest film, motorcycle racing drama High Side starring A Complete Unknown lead Timothée Chalamet, was acquired by the studio.

“I am very excited to begin this collaboration with David [Ellison], Josh [Greenstein], Dana [Goldberg], and everyone at Paramount,” the filmmaker said in a press release. “The enthusiasm they have demonstrated toward big screen films and the passion with which they have embraced my ideas for future projects is truly thrilling.”

Goldberg added, “James Mangold is one of the most talented filmmakers working today, and we could not be more excited to welcome him to the Paramount family, starting with High Side and many more collaborations to come.”

As we're sure many of you will be aware, Mangold is currently attached to a number of other projects that are in development at different studios, including Swamp Thing at DC Studios and an untitled Star Wars film at Disney/Lucasfilm. What does this Paramount deal mean for these other (potential) releases?

Somewhat surprisingly, Gizmodo is reporting that Mangold “remains attached and available to develop all his other projects.”

Of course, this doesn't mean we'll be seeing either of these movies anytime soon. We know that DC Studios' co-CEO James Gunn has prioritized a number of other projects, including Man of Tomorrow and a new Wonder Woman movie, ahead of several of the movies and TV shows that were announced as part of the "Gods and Monsters" slate.

"We talked to James the other day. No, he hasn't delivered a script. He's been distracted with his billion of movies," Gunn said in a recent interview when asked for an update on Swamp Thing. "We're talking about it again."

Likewise, Lucasfilm is believed to have put several projects on the backburner in order to focus on Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter and the untitled trilogy from writer/producer Simon Kinberg that was recently announced.

Mangold has previously shared a few intriguing details on his plans for Swamp Thing, while also explaining why he decided to make himself available for this particular project.

“As soon as I heard James Gunn was taking over DC, I just saw it as an opportunity to throw my hat down.”

He also said that his take on the classic DC Comics character will be inspired by Frankenstein, and although Gunn has previously stated that the movie will “investigates the dark origins of Swamp Thing” with a "much more horrific" story, the director clarified that he is "not specifically" targeting an R-rating.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/1/2025, 4:03 PM
Lol Dcu is toast
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 10/1/2025, 4:15 PM
Mangold is setting himself up to head DC once Paramount buys it and dismisses Gunn.
Evansly
Evansly - 10/1/2025, 4:16 PM
My long time friend is the writer for High Side, really looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2025, 4:25 PM
@Evansly - sweet , good luck to him and hope it turns out well!!.
Evansly
Evansly - 10/1/2025, 5:00 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Yeah I am stoked! He has always been an amazing writer and this is such an awesome big break for him. Watching that project super closely, especially with the other talent behind it
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 10/1/2025, 4:18 PM
it means james gunn's superman sucked because of inflation
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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 10/1/2025, 4:21 PM
Mangold sold his soul and made Indy a literal cuck just he could not get to make a star wars movie.

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Luke8
Luke8 - 10/1/2025, 4:24 PM
Give me Swamp Thing or give me death.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 10/1/2025, 4:32 PM
Swamp Thing isn't happening, period. If Superman could barely cross $600, this thing would likely not even make half of that.
rez4prez
rez4prez - 10/1/2025, 4:58 PM
Sign Scott Derrickson as director
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 10/1/2025, 4:59 PM
Cool , good for him!!.

I’m looking forward to his “gothic horror” take on Swamp Thing aswell as especially his “biblical epic” in Dawn of The Jedi so I hope both happen sooner then later.

Anyway , I’m interested in High Side aswell though less so because of his reunion with Chalamet & moreso because I heard it had a heist element to it which is a genre I’m a fan of and was said to be a mix of “ Heat” & “Hell or High Water” which is exciting imo!!

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