Swamp Thing

[JohnC]

Another DC show coming soon. Derek Mears, who seems to play a lot of large men and monsters, is in the suit. Crystal Reed is the female lead, Abby Arcane, who is investigating the swamp. Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, your typical blind fortune teller with supernatural perceptions of the future. Ian Ziering is Hollywood has-been Daniel Cassidy, aka Blue Devil. Kevin Durand is Jason Woodrue, a brilliant, but villainous, scientist researching the swamp.

 

It begins on 31 May.

[wev]

Hopefully they'll use some of the Alan Moore books as inspiration

[dreamylittledream]

Constantine cross over would be good given his heavy presence in the comics

[JohnC]

 

[cassidy]

Face looks spot on. Disappointed with the production news today.

[sammy]

What production news is that?

[JPickford]

It's been shut down.

[sammy]

Well that’s a bit shit - looks like there will be 10 episodes instead of 13. Presumably they weren’t all stand alone episodes, wonder if they can tie it up in even a half decent way.

[JohnC]

8 minutes ago, sammy said:

Well that’s a bit shit - looks like there will be 10 episodes instead of 13. Presumably they weren’t all stand alone episodes, wonder if they can tie it up in even a half decent way.

It doesn't seem to be just getting cut to 10, but stopping after 10 to rewrite an ending for the rest.

[PopeSmokesDope]

ooooh didn't realise this was being made.. Swamp Thing (and constatine) were my fave comics/graphic novels abck in the early 90;s....

[JohnC]

 

[SpagMasterSwift]

 

[PopeSmokesDope]

Its looking promising... 1st episode has some pretty cool graphic moments in it and its ot the right feel.... it'll will all hinge for me on Swamp Thing himself, how he moves and talks.... hopefully the supernatural aspects will start to play a large part...

 

I'd imagine at some point Constatine will have to make an appearance...

[Girth Certificate]

Rumour is this has been cancelled becuase the suits didn't like the idea of big green Alec and Abby doing the dirty  

[MDY]

Or it could be this... 

 

 

North Carolina promised a $40 million rebate to the production, but were then only able to deliver $14 million.. So they ended up a good third of their budget short.. 

[JohnC]

I've got to wonder about the future of the DC Universe service after AT&T bought Warner. It feels like everything seems to be heading in a bad direction for the service, regardless of the quality of the shows.

[RubberJohnny]

On 06/06/2019 at 18:43, MDY said:

North Carolina promised a $40 million rebate to the production, but were then only able to deliver $14 million.. So they ended up a good third of their budget short.. 

 

In retrospect that was also responsible for the number of episodes being cut. What a fuck up.

 

All because someone misheard 14 as 40 over the phone.

[MDY]

41 minutes ago, RubberJohnny said:

 

In retrospect that was also responsible for the number of episodes being cut. What a fuck up.

 

It also knackers them going forward, they'll either be stuck with only doing future seasons of 8-10 episodes or it will just be cancelled as they've presumably spent money up front based on getting 13 eps for $80m, but will then have to produce the same for only $55m. Cutting a third of the budget of each episode doesn't seem possible.. especially as wages rise..

 

[PopeSmokesDope]

And it’s been cancelled.

[Darwock]

Let me get this straight - it's been cancelled before it's even been broadcast?

[JohnC]

There was one episode broadcast before cancellation.

[Darwock]

Why would they even tell people in that case? Nobody is going to bother watching :/

[Silent Runner]

Are they going to release the rest of season 1? I thought the first episode was decent. 

[JohnC]

I think so. The second was released after the cancellation anyway.

[Matt Defis]

It's a shame really, both episodes have been great, the horror aspect of it is really well done. 

[Monkeyboy]

This has been added to Amazon Prime. Did anyone watch the whole first season, and does it end on a cliffhanger? If it does, I probably won't bother with it, due to it being cancelled. Although I might watch a couple of episodes out of curiosity.

[Stejay]

29 minutes ago, Monkeyboy said:

This has been added to Amazon Prime. Did anyone watch the whole first season, and does it end on a cliffhanger? If it does, I probably won't bother with it, due to it being cancelled. Although I might watch a couple of episodes out of curiosity.

Exactly what I came here to post. Anyone?

[cassidy]

Doesn’t end on a cliffhanger but it’s apparent it was rushed. 
 

 

[iknowgungfu]

If it finds an audience on prime you never know....might make the ones with the funds think again. 

[yakumo]

Is it any good despite being cancelled?.