James Wan discusses Swamp Thing series in new featurette

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

This is depressing. Although the streaming service DC Universe already cancelled their weekly Swamp Thing series, there are still eight of the ten episodes that were made for the show's first and only season left to be released. So that means they still have to draw in viewers for this show they're not going to continue making.

The latest piece of marketing is the featurette than can be seen below. In it, executive producers James Wan, Mark Verheiden, Gary Dauberman, and Len Wiseman enthusiastically discuss the show and how much potential it has. These interviews were apparently conducted before WarnerMedia was taken over by new leadership that proved to be so uninterested in Swamp Thing that they ordered production to shut down before the season's last three episodes (the season was supposed to consist of thirteen episodes, not ten) could be filmed. 

This DC Comics adaptation stars Crystal Reed, Maria Sten, Jeryl Prescott, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Will Patton, Michael Beach, Henderson Wade, Ian Ziering, Kevin Durand, Andy Bean, and Adrienne Barbeau, with Derek Mears as the title character. Reed plays CDC Doctor Abby Arcane, who 

investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

I'm not a DC Universe subscriber, so I haven't seen the two episodes of Swamp Thing that have been released so far, but I really don't understand why the new higher-ups weren't into the show. A series that features Derek Mears as Swamp Thing sounds like something to be excited about to me.

James Wan's company Atomic Monster produced Swamp Thing in association with Warner Bros. Television. Wiseman directed the pilot from a script written by Verheiden and Dauberman. Michael Clear also served as an executive producer on the show, with Rob Hackett co-producing.