With the Titans TV series underway 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. Some of the final big casting has now been revealed with Andy Bean of Power coming on board to play Alec Holland in the show while Derek Mears will play Swamp Thing itself once the transformation occurs. Mears has played a slew of monsters over the years such as in TV’s Sleepy Hollow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., True Blood, Grimm, and Teen Wolf as well as Jason Voorhees in 2009’s Friday the 13th.
Alec is described as, “Passionate biologist Alec Holland is caught in the crosshairs of a small town nightmare when he discovers a bizarre local illness may be connected to his work in the swamp. Holland’s discovery leads him into conflict with dark forces, from which he emerges as the elemental hero known as Swamp Thing.”
Swamp Thing is described as, “Emerging from the swamp with a monstrous physique and strange new powers over plant life, the man who was once Alec Holland struggles to hold onto his humanity. When dark forces converge on the town of Marais, Swamp Thing must embrace what he has become in order to defend the town as well as the natural world at large.”
The project has Mark Verheiden writing it with Gary Dauberman and both will serve as executive producers as well.
The cast includes Crystal Reed as Abigal Arcane, Maria Sten as Liz Tremayne, Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland, and Will Patton as Avery Sunderland
The production for this comes from the Atomic Monster folks, which is James Wan’s company, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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!