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The new ‘Swamp Thing’ film will be a “Gothic horror movie” inspired by ‘Frankenstein’, according to director James Mangold.
The ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ filmmaker is set to helm the upcoming movie which is part of the new DC Universe and he wants to explore what it means to be a man-turned-monster and Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel and the subsequent film versions of ‘Frankenstein’ will be an influence.
Speaking to Variety, Mangold spilled: “While I’m sure DC views ‘Swamp Thing’ as a franchise, I would be viewing it as a very simple, clean, Gothic horror movie about this man/monster….