With the Titans TV series kicking off next month on the DC Universe streaming service and Doom Patrol moving right along with casting for 2019, the reveal previously of a Swamp Thing project has me hugely excited considering where the comics have gone over the years. Now, the first bit of casting has been revealed for it with a critical role in Abigail Arcane, which will be played by Crystal Reed. I thoroughly enjoyed her time on Teen Wolf and this time around she gets to play something a bit more her age. She was recently seen in Gotham as Sofia Falcone.
The character is described as: “Smart and caring, CDC Doctor Abby Arcane’s (Reed) strong sense of empathy puts her at the center of a horrific life-threatening epidemic in her hometown, where she faces emotional demons from her past… while a chance meeting with scientist Alec Holland takes her into a world of horror and the supernatural, and of the elemental creature known as Swamp Thing.”
The project has Mark Verheiden writing it with Gary Dauberman and both will serve as executive producers as well.
The production for this comes from the Atomic Monster folks, which is James Wan’s company, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
If the scripts hit right, this will debut in 2019 on the service after the rollout of the Titans series and the Young Justice: Outsiders animated series as well as the R-rated Harley Quinn animated show.
Plot Concept: Swamp Thing centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane. When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may not be dead after all.
