![A Complete Unknown director James Mangold is drawn to Swamp Thing's “abject deformation [and] loneliness” as his next movie … and of course that Bernie Wrightson art](https://i0.wp.com/media.thepopverse.com/media/swampthingwrightson-om1filce4enelbtiftahbtosju.jpg?w=1170&resize=1170&ssl=1 "A Complete Unknown director James Mangold is drawn to Swamp Thing's “abject deformation [and] loneliness” as his next movie … and of course that Bernie Wrightson art")
James Mangold is a busy man, and one that’s troublesome to pin down — contemporary off his acclaimed 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, he’s connected to each an upcoming Star Wars movie concerning the origins of the Drive, and additionally DC Studios’ Swamp Factor. Throughout a recent appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, he talked about what it is that attracts him to the latter character.
Citing his fascination with the “gothic Horror, sort of Frankenstein legend, entire idea of man plant,” Mangold stated that even simply the character’s identify was sufficient to seize his consideration… however, of course, there’s a lot extra to Swamp Factor.
“I really like the identify, I really like, simply, the title,” he stated. “The Bernie Wrightson art within the authentic sequence is so unimaginable. The facet of sort of being separated out of your life and out of the blue haunting the woods, and sort of dwelling on this abject deformation, this loneliness… that’s actually fascinating.”
Does that imply that we must always anticipate Swamp Factor to be half of the next wave of DC Studios bulletins? (It was half of the primary wave of DC’s Gods and Monsters movie slate, it’s value remembering.) That’s one thing that Mangold discovered much less simple to reply.
“I truthfully do not know what’s coming next,” he admitted. “I sort of went actually fast hearth by a sequence of films the final three [projects], yeah, and this is sort of my sort of [cool down time].”
We will however hope that the muck monster works his charms another time, simply to persuade Mangold to signal on the dotted line earlier than too lengthy — and perhaps he can carry A Complete Unknown’s Timothée Chalamet to play Matt Cable within the course of.
