UPDATE: Splice Director Wants To Tackle Swamp Thing Next

UPDATE: Splice Director Wants To Tackle Swamp Thing Next

Speaking to io9, Vincenzo Natali, director of the upcoming Sci-Fi movie Splice has told them that there are 2 projects on his to do list, and one of them is an adaptation of Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing..Update: Natali also spoke to MTV about his desire to make the film..

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 07, 2010 12:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Swamp Thing
Source: io9.com

If you haven't heard of Splice, that will surely change! Its garnering controversy and rave reviews in equal measure. It stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polly as two young scientists who strive to achieve fame by splicing human DNA with the DNA of different animals to create a new creature. In the process they ignore their society's ethical and legal boundaries.



Anyway, the director of Splice, Vincenzo Natali currently holds the rights to direct an adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High Rise, but he would also really like to make Swamp Thing...

"Very briefly, High Rise is a novel by J.G Ballard(Crash), its something that I've been working on for a number of years. I would love to make it into a movie....And Swamp Thing is just something I would love to do. Personally I'd like to go down the Alan Moore road if I could."

The above is transcribed from a video over at io9 which you can see by clicking on the link below.



Last we heard from the Swamp Thing movie camp was from Joel Silver who assured us a movie is on the way. I haven't seen Splice yet, but I have seen another film of Natali's called Cube which is a very under rated sci-fi movie. With Splice making the waves it has been hopefully the studios take notice of the interest and get things moving with proper big screen outing for the Earth Elemental.

Update:



"There are two incarnations of Swamp Thing — both of them are quite wonderful," said Natali. "The first one was by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, which was a more traditional sort of retake on classic, James Whale-style, Universal Studio horror films. Then Alan Moore reinvented the character in the early '80s, and that's actually the version that's a little more interesting to me.[Swamp Thing] kind of became... I don't want to call him an ecological superhero, but he became an ecological character quite unlike anything you've ever seen before, It's a comic book, but it delves into some very interesting stuff, both psychological and philosophical. It would be — if done properly — extraordinary."
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bleedthefreak
bleedthefreak - 4/6/2010, 1:58 PM
sounds like a good movie but i am going to need to see it before i can decide if he is good enough for swamp thing
HelaGood
HelaGood - 4/6/2010, 2:05 PM
splice looks cool and creepy

i would love to see a GREAT Man-Thing movie too!!

theartofoneness
theartofoneness - 4/6/2010, 2:05 PM
Ive seen this somewhere else posted as "Adrien Brody doesnt normall star in bad movies but ill have to check this one out". I wouldnt want him to do swampthing. Get Spielberg on it.
hippopotamusprime
hippopotamusprime - 4/6/2010, 2:07 PM
Cube was awesome!!! (could've lived without Cube 2: Hypercube) Bring on Swamp Thing!! DC rocks!
1chris2
1chris2 - 4/6/2010, 2:23 PM
man i have been waiting and waiting for splice it is my type of movie. all i want them to make now is a remake to island of dr moreau,creature from the black lagoon resident evil like the first game,and resident evil zero,steve altens the loch,and a underworld begining about marcus,william,corvinus,and victor as a human turning into a vampire,and explaining his hatred for lycans.also some really good killer animal creature features would be bad @$$. and i thought ramie was doing a sasquatch film or something like that would be nice.cool news man good job.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/6/2010, 3:08 PM
Cool, hurry up an [frick]ing make it WB!!!

CG SWAMPY is a must!!

An DC Universe cameos!

Great find @ RORSTER! ; )
odie00
odie00 - 4/6/2010, 3:22 PM
i wouldnt mind seeing a new swamp thing movie. i loved the 2 older ones and use to watch the cartoon and tv series, it use to be very big
JLanphear
JLanphear - 4/6/2010, 3:29 PM
CG Swamp Thing is FAIL. Complete fail.

A new Swamp Thing movie would be AMAZING. With Viggo Mortensen cast in the lead. Yes plz.
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/6/2010, 4:23 PM
i'm up for a swamp thing movie,only if its based on the alan moore run of comics.
anything else can just f*** off.
ATOMbomb
ATOMbomb - 4/6/2010, 4:25 PM
YES!!! Huge Swamp Thing fan loved the classic movies, even though the second one was a bit cheesey. No CG Swamp Thing get a great make up guy on it. Mark Wahlberg as Dr.Holland and Bill Nighy as Arcane.
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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/6/2010, 6:01 PM
haha, the clip actually doesn't look that good, but I haven't read a single review that doesn't give it 4 or 5 stars...and for a horror movie like this thats a rare thing.
CyberA
CyberA - 4/6/2010, 7:20 PM



It looks alright to me, not great, but alright.



AlecHolland
AlecHolland - 4/6/2010, 8:08 PM
oh hell yes
twagoo
twagoo - 4/6/2010, 9:02 PM
Oooohh yeah! I want to see this ASAP! Loved the original though its a tad campy.
Vital
Vital - 4/6/2010, 11:46 PM
I love Swamp Thing, used to watch the movies, the animated cartoon show, and even had the toys lol!
Bijous
Bijous - 4/7/2010, 2:17 AM
That Splice movie looks reeaallly derivative...

"Been there, done that."
Shaman
Shaman - 4/7/2010, 6:30 AM
I was a huge mega fan of the Swamp Thing Animated series and i even loved the first film! Never saw anything else about him, not even his comics unfortunitely. So i'm all up for another movie!!!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 4/7/2010, 7:29 AM
LOVE THE ORIGINAL SWAMP THING MOVIE, A NEW ONE ONE BE AWSOME SPECIALLY IF ITS CLOSE TO MOORES VISION, BRING IT ON...
SkunkApe1
SkunkApe1 - 4/7/2010, 8:53 AM
I rarely see a movie that is awful from start to finish, but that train wreck that was "Man Thing" on Sci Fi Channel (when it was Sci Fi) was close to un-watchable.

Would love to see it done and done right !

Serious question on a Man Thing movie:

How do you get around him not talking ?
foxfan
foxfan - 4/7/2010, 9:23 AM
FYI the Man-Thing movie is a low-budget film that premiered on the Sci-Fi channel; it needs to be done right!

Also FYI Man-Thing appeared before Swamp-Thing, by less than a year. The guy who created Swamp-Thing was a roomie with the guy writing the early Man-Thing stuff. Marvel was going to sue DC over it but decided not to.
foxfan
foxfan - 4/7/2010, 9:25 AM
Skunk Ape 1 - that's a great question, the one about Man-Thing not talking. Stan Lee keeps saying there will be a live action Doctor Strange movie soon, so perhaps Man-Thing (who has a unique connection to Doctor Strange) could be a tie-in character in that movie. Good question, though.
twagoo
twagoo - 4/7/2010, 9:57 AM
@Vital Yeah! I used to watch the cartoon too! Love the theme song "Swamp thing!...You are amazing!" hee..hee..hee!
SkunkApe1
SkunkApe1 - 4/7/2010, 11:00 AM
@foxfan.
Been thinking about it for a while because have always been a "Man Thing" fan. Don't see a way around it.
Other than grunting....
Maybe could work ??
Gplantam
Gplantam - 4/7/2010, 11:21 AM
When reading through the Moore/Veitch issues, consult the online Swamp Thing Annotations to uncover lots of hidden references. http://tinyurl.com/2jc79
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 4/7/2010, 12:23 PM
Natali is a good director and i think that they should let him direct Swamp thing. He or Zack Snyder.

Viggo Mortensen or Michael Fassbender for Dr. Alec Holland / Swamp thing
and Bill Nighy definitely for Anton Arcane
1chris2
1chris2 - 4/7/2010, 1:12 PM
this dude is a awesome director and knows how to make a really great film with a great story and visuals,and well as make it creepy.he needs to do more films.
SHAZAM171
SHAZAM171 - 4/7/2010, 3:07 PM
CREEPY!!!! LOL
Vital
Vital - 4/7/2010, 4:20 PM
shazam, that is creepy lol. Poor kid is about to get ripped apart lol.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 4/10/2010, 4:19 AM
Shazam@
That picture gives me a goosebumbs!:(
Poor kid!
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