Anyone game for a "Swamp Thing" remake?

[cerealkiller182]

effin' downer

 

[Sardaukar]

You do this film on two conditions:

1. You make it serious...no cheese.
2. You adapt his Lein/Wrightson origin and combine it with Moore's "The Anatomy Lesson" issue. You end it with him discovering he's a walking plant...not Alec Holland.

That would be ****ing epic.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Joel Sliver has been trying to do it for years. Sadly DC is doomed with WB they can't do anything except announce movies they want to do and never make them.

Why IS that? You'd think being owned by a movie company, DC characters would be all OVER the big screen...

And yes; i'd LOVE a new Swamp-Thing movie, this time with a bigger budget and better actors.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

You do this film on two conditions:

1. You make it serious...no cheese.
2. You adapt his Lein/Wrightson origin and combine it with Moore's "The Anatomy Lesson" issue. You end it with him discovering he's a walking plant...not Alec Holland.

That would be ****ing epic.

i second that!

 

[The Guard]

So I've been reading Alan Moore's "books". While I wouldn't want to see any of those stories made into a movie, the "plant elemental" elements of them, combined with Swamp Thing's classic origin/conflict VS Arcane story would make an amazing movie.

 

[JIMBOTHEGREAT]

anyone know why i cant start a new thread??

 

[The Guard]

Because you're a level 0 newcomer with six posts. I think you have to have like seven before it lets you start a thread.

 

[Sandman138]

You do this film on two conditions:

1. You make it serious...no cheese.
2. You adapt his Lein/Wrightson origin and combine it with Moore's "The Anatomy Lesson" issue. You end it with him discovering he's a walking plant...not Alec Holland.

That would be ****ing epic.

That would be fantastic.

 

[gimmen64]

Oh yeah, this is one movie that needs a remake. It needs to be dark and gloomy like the original.

 

[Gabe99]

From COLLIDER:
Producer Joel Silver is Developing SWAMP THING in 3D!


From SciFi Wire:
Uberproducer Joel Silver mulls Swamp Thing 3-D

Swamp Thing—
Silver offered up hope that the remake he is developing might utilize 3-D technology. "I'm going to hopefully do Swamp Thing, which is a movie we've had for a long time, we think that might be great to do in 3-D," Silver said in a press conference. "I've seen the Avatar presentation in 3-D. It's very impressive. It's really cool. I think it's great. I think it's just another tool in the arsenal of the filmmaker to make something great and unique. I don't think all movies need to be in 3-D but certain movies fit really well into that situation. As of right now, there still are less 3-D houses than 2-D houses. When the day comes that there are as many 3-D houses as 2-D houses then I may change my mind about it."

 

[Ceb-Man]

So I've been reading Alan Moore's "books". While I wouldn't want to see any of those stories made into a movie, the "plant elemental" elements of them, combined with Swamp Thing's classic origin/conflict VS Arcane story would make an amazing movie.

I love this idea.

 

[Octoberist]

I think what Joel is sayin is all talk..

 

[TinkTonks]

Yay, I thought I was the only person around these boards with an affinity for Swamp Thing! I remember liking the original movie back when it came out (I was like 3 or something - ok?) But it certainly hasn't aged well. A reboot would be great....preferably from the Alan Moore era. I think 'Anatomy Lesson' through 'Roots' is my favorite ST plot. But the Jason Blood/Etrigan story line was interesting too.....

 

[Webhead2006]

So i was just reading on a movie news site, the guy who played swamp thing in the original movie has died at age 72 of cancer. That is sad to hear.

 

[Gabe99]

From Mtv:
Does Len Wein's 'Swamp Thing' Screenplay Offer Hints About 3-D Movie Plans?

 

[deathshead2]

From Mtv:
Does Len Wein's 'Swamp Thing' Screenplay Offer Hints About 3-D Movie Plans?

I heard that script is pretty bad, and the talk of 3d has been around since 05.

Maybe if The Losers does well enough and Lobo gets moving forward he can I don't know, maybe make the damn movie instead of talking about making it for two decades.

 

[CrimsonMist]

From Mtv:
Does Len Wein's 'Swamp Thing' Screenplay Offer Hints About 3-D Movie Plans?

Thanks for posting this! I was aware that Wein wrote a script, but I could never find the details for it. Gonna give it a read later tonight!

Personally, I don't want Swamp Thing in 3D. The whole concept of 3D to me is gimmicky. It doesn't do anything to enhance the film for me and I don't care for it at all. Just gimme a straight-up Swamp Thing film based on the themes in Alan Moore's run. They do that, they have something of epic proportions. I will say though, that if the film WERE in 3D and the film had that sex scene from the one issue where Abby and Alec have sex for the first time while she's tripping on the plant she ate off Alec would probably be cool to see in 3D.

As for story, the "Love And Death" arc would make for a damn good movie.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

As you can see, I do want another shot at Swamp Thing, not a remake. But I beat you to it, look at the date I started this thread,lol. http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=184753

 

[Webhead2006]

who knows if swamp thing will happen any time soon.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I think Joel Silver talked about Swampy briefly....but it didn't seem like it was 100% at all.

 

[Webhead2006]

well silver probably wants to get any of the few remaining dc characters he still has film rights to in a film. Before they take it away from him like ww.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

well silver probably wants to get any of the few remaining dc characters he still has film rights to in a film. Before they take it away from him like ww.

I didn't know he owned the rights to any? Which does hes still hold?

 

[CrimsonMist]

Having just finished reading that script, my only advice is that Joel Silver stay as far away from that script as possible. Start from scratch and bring in writers who can actually write movies.

Wein's script is riddled with melodramatic, nonsensical dialogue that is as cringe-worthy in it's sappiness as it in it's awfulness. The plot is basically a combination of the two original Swamp Thing films: Alec Holland is working on bio-restorative formula to end world hunger. Anton Arcane, who was at one point working WITH Holland but is now a superior doing his own experiments looking to prolong human life, wants it with the idea that it will further his failed attempts, and in his plans to steal it, Holland is transformed into Swamp Thing. Rather than have a wife, Holland's assistant is Abby Arcane, Anton's niece. There is no Matthew Cable from the comics or any variation thereof(like Adriane Barbeu's character in Craven's film). Holland comes back as Swamp Thing. Arcane discovers this, kidnaps his own niece, develops his own formula, drinks it and becomes an unstoppable maniac with Wolverine-like healing powers.

The romantic relationship between Holland and Abby is forced and rushed and never feels real. Abby's got some of the worst dialogue in the script, over the top and in certain situations, inappropriate and cliched. Anton Arcane isn't really any different that how he's portrayed in the other films, but for the first 2 acts, he's somewhat more like Louis Jordan in the first film, a cool, calm threatening bad guy. But by the third act, he's a cookie-cutter, 1-dimensional cliche of a mad scientist with by far THE WORST dialogue in the script.

Swamp Thing has his moments. The problem with him is that Wein tries to cover the original origin(bursting into flames and falling into the swamp and coming out a muck monster) AND the Moore expansion of the origin (Holland was dead when he hit the water and Swamp Thing is just a walking plant who thinks he's Alec Holland). But the emotional brevity that was found in the comics is missing completely here. The explanation for how a plant can absorb Holland's consciousness is explained in a small, simple bit of dialogue about the Planarian Worms and never goes any further than that. It's sudden and unexpected and the emotional value of the scene is lost. There is an autopsy scene later, towards the end, but by that point, there's really no reason to care. And the scene is treated in a stereotypical "mad science" kind of way and is campy, rather than something that elicits sadness and horror. Swamp Thing's dialogue, for most of the film, are HORRIBLE one-liners. He spews many in the third act and it becomes overbearing and obnoxious. The third act becomes just some silly, generic action piece that isn't very entertaining.

With some scene shuffling and major re-writes, it COULD work, but as it stands, this was one of the worst things I've ever read. The script reads like a 70's comic book and that's not good at all. It's horrible.

 

[Webhead2006]

i dont know for sure i believe right now only losers, since it was already in production, and lobo. Then i think sgt rock but not to sure there. We do know he no longer has ww. Which is a good thing i would hope for ww. Cause now wb can give it to someone else who i would hope be able to get it moving.

 

[deathshead2]

i dont know for sure i believe right now only losers, since it was already in production, and lobo. Then i think sgt rock but not to sure there. We do know he no longer has ww. Which is a good thing i would hope for ww. Cause now wb can give it to someone else who i would hope be able to get it moving.

He's had Sgt Rock movie rights since Predator came out. Right now he has the director of I Am Legend on it for a modern take, so no WW2.

If Swamp Thing needed one guy to make it an awesome movie, it's Del Toro. To bad he is so damn busy.