The Swamp is Awake in New Swamp Thing Promo

May 16, 2019

Despite concerns over the shortened production and episodes cut, anticipation is building for DC Universe’s upcoming Swamp Thing and the streaming service took to Twitter to reveal a new promo teasing the horrors hidden throughout the swamp. Check it out in the player below!

Alec Holland is determined to find out what lurks in the swamp. #DCUSWAMPTHING series premiere on May 31, only on @TheDCUniverse. https://t.co/pXEEc65oVX pic.twitter.com/Gw5bRjgoZA

— Swamp Thing (@DCUSwampThing) May 16, 2019

It was revealed last month that the series was shutting down production as the end of the series was being retooled with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the episode count for the series has been reduced from 13 episodes to 10 episodes. The ending of the season will be reworked for the new episode count.

The live-action DC Universe adaptation of the classic antihero originally created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson will be executive produced by Len Wiseman (Sleepy Hollow) who will also direct the pilot. Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, Netflix’s Daredevil) and Gary Dauberman (It) are attached to co-write the series and act as showrunners, with James Wan (Aquaman) set to executive-produce the series alongside Verheiden, Dauberman, and Michael Clear.

The series will star Andy Bean as Alec Holland, Will Patton as Avery Sutherland Crystal Reed as Abby Arcane, Maria Sten as Liz Tremayne, Jeryl Prescott as Madame Xanadu, Jennifer Beals as Sheriff Lucilia Cable, Virginia Madsen as Maria Sunderland, Henderson Wade as Matt Cable, Kevin Durand as Jason Woodtrue/Floronic Man and Leonardo Nam (Westworld) as Harlan Edwards. Committing to the lead role of the titular monster is The Flash‘s Derek Mears.

Swamp Thing made his comic book debut back in 1971 and has maintained his position as a staple of the DCU since then, including seminal runs written by Alan Moore, Brian K. Vaughan, Mark Millar, and Scott Snyder. The character was previously adapted into a feature film from Wes Craven in 1982, which spawned a sequel seven years later, and a USA Network series that ran for three seasons in the early ’90s. Dick Durock took on the role in both the films and the series. An animated series also debuted in the early ’90s but only aired five episodes.