Warner Bros. canceled DC Universe and James Wan's SWAMP THING series after only allowing the show to air a single episode. Sure the rest of the (now) 10-episode season is still airing weekly on the streaming service, and Warner Bros. may be developing a SWAMP THING movie, but was there a plan for season 2? Turns out there was! Writer and executive producer Gary Dauberman was recently asked if he had anything to say about the show's recent cancelation at this point, and if he's heard anything about a possible revival somewhere else.
Dauberman answered:
I can’t speak to the last question because I don’t know. I love that show. Mark Verheiden did such a great job captaining that ship. What Mark and I set out to do was to be true to the spirit of the comic, and I think we really accomplished that. I’m so happy to see that critics and fans are embracing it the way they are. We were really confident that people were going to dig it.
He continued on to say:
I got giddy thinking about the idea of just being able to adapt Swamp Thing for TV. There are so many stories you could do — set within that swamp and that town. We had such big ideas for the following seasons, and it’s a shame we can’t explore those now. But, man, I’m really happy people are seeing it and loving it the way that we do.
Is it safe to say Dauberman was as blindsided as everyone else by the news of the show's cancellation? Dauberman simply says:
Yeah, that’s safe to say. It was a gut punch.
Sucks.
Len Wiseman directs the DC Universe SWAMP THING series from a script by Mark Verheiden and Gary Dauberman. The cast includes Andy Bean as biologist Alec Holland and Crystal Reed as CDC Doctor Abby Arcane. Here's the rundown for the new series:
Abby Arcane 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.
Bean and Reed star in this new series along with Maria Sten, Jeryl Prescott, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Will Patton, Henderson Wade, Ian Ziering, and Kevin Durand, with Derek Mears as Swamp Thing himself. James Wan's company Atomic Monster is producing Swamp Thing in association with Warner Bros. Television. Wan, Wiseman, Verheiden, and Dauberman also serve as executive producers on the series with Michael Clear. Rob Hackett is co-producer. Swamp Thing is still airing weekly on DC Universe.