EX MACHINA Director And DREDD Writer Alex Garland Is Interested In Helming A SWAMP-THING Movie

EX MACHINA Director And DREDD Writer Alex Garland Is Interested In Helming A SWAMP-THING Movie

Alex Garland seems like a perfect fit for a future superhero movie and in a recent Q&A, the filmmaker made it clear that there's one DC Comics character, in particular, he's interested in working on...

By JoshWilding - Feb 12, 2018 01:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Swamp Thing
Alex Garland is best known for writing DREDD as well as directing Ex Machina and the upcoming Annihilation starring Natalie Portman. During a recent Reddit Q&A, the filmmaker was asked about which comic book property he would be interested in turning his attention to and he name-dropped a very unexpected character. Who? Well, as we mentioned above, he'd like to work with Swamp-Thing.

Bear in mind that Warner Bros. is hard at work on finally trying to make Justice League Dark a reality, a movie which has lost a number of directors and would obviously feature Swamp-Thing in a lead role.

If the studio has any sense, they would look at hiring Garland to take charge of this project because he would be a great fit for this particular DC Comics adaptation and could even work on the script to bring it to where it needs to be. Would he actually be interested in taking charge of the entire supernatural team, though? That we don't know right now but it would certainly be fun to see this become a reality.

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Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 2/12/2018, 1:35 AM
I never got Swamp Thing. I know people say the Alan Moore run was amazing, but... I just never cared for the horror-ish comics wheelhouse that (it seems) to be in.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 2/12/2018, 1:36 AM
Dredd was good, though. Would have maybe made a better TV show, and it was basically the Raid. Or Enemy Territory.

Raise your hand if you've seen Enemy Territory.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 2/12/2018, 1:46 AM
@Spock0Clock - have you tried the new 52 stuff. Alan Moore's is the best in my opinion but the new 52 stuff is really good too.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 2/12/2018, 2:21 AM
@noahthegrand - I've missed basically all of the New 52 stuff, too. Really, anything newer than fifteen years from either publisher I probably haven't even skimmed the cover.
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 2/12/2018, 1:39 AM
[frick] YES!

I [frick]ing pitched a Swamp Thing film with Alex Garland at the helm!

Link coming shortly;
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 2/12/2018, 1:45 AM
@DetectiveCinema

Seriously WB, cut your loses and start a fresh film franchise kicking off with Alex Garland’s Swamp Thing (with John Constantine name dropped or having a role in the film) then following that up with Danny Boyle at the helm of a Hellblazer movie (starring Ewan McGregor), culminating with a Justice League Dark film (titled something like Heaven Sent, as JLD sounds silly. WB should cut all ties with their Justice League characters for now.
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