DC fans know exactly who they want to direct ‘Swamp Thing’

It’s no overstatement that James Gunn and Peter Safran came out of the gates swinging hard yesterday, with the two co-CEOs of DC Studios having finally gifted us with a glimpse into the future for the new DC Universe.

Expected titles such as Superman, Batman, and Supergirl movies were joined by more creative takes on equally beloved heroes, including a fantasy drama set on Wonder Woman’s home of Themyscira, a buddy-cop series featuring Hal Jordan and John Stewart, and entirely out-of-left-field projects like the animated Creature Commandos series.

There’s one project in particular that could very well leave us quaking in our boots just as much as DC Studios’ competitors, and that’s Swamp Thing, which will serve as DC’s venture into the horror genre. Not only is the eponymous creature a fantastic character, but knowing the outfit is showing absolutely no fear in mixing up the tones in its stories will make for an especially refreshing shared universe.

Not even 24 hours after having learned of Swamp Thing‘s existence, Twitter has already taken to daydreaming about a certain recent Golden Globe winner to take the reins of the film.

Indeed, fans are begging for Gunn and Safran to give the nod to one Guillermo del Toro, one of the horror genre’s most prominent maestros and the mind behind such works as The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, and who recently won a Golden Globe after his stop-motion Pinocchio film netted the win in the Best Animated Feature category earlier this month.

And while this is far from anything official, the man himself confirmed just a day before the announcements that he happened to purchase a Swamp Thing comic. Whether or not we should get ahead of ourselves is a question we have no answer for.

In any case, the fans have spoken, and we can’t imagine a better pairing ourselves. It sounds like we still have a long way to go before we hear any official updates on the film, given that the only two projects we do have a release date for, namely Superman: Legacy and The Batman: Part II, are both slated for 2025, but when it comes to comic book fandoms, all that means is more time for fan-casting and daydreaming, and there are certainly worse ways to spend one’s time.