Guillermo del Toro and the Swamp Thing

In a recent interview with ShockTillYouDrop, director Guillermo del Toro listed several comic characters he would be interested in being involved with adapting to television or movies. Among the characters were Swamp Thing and Etrigan The Demon. It very much excited me to read this.

Aside from Batman, Swamp Thing is my favorite comic book character. I especially love Alan Moore's work on the character.

For some time now I've thought the story would make a great television show with today's special effects. I know the character has been featured in his own live action television series, an animated series, and the live action movies Swamp Thing and Return Of The Swamp Thing, but the character and his story have a lot more potential than was achieved with any of those adaptations. I also know Alan Moore seems to hate having his comics adapted into movies, but I think this could really work, especially if it stuck very closely to the source material. I hadn't thought of it before, but I think Guillermo del Toro would be perfect to create this television series. I don't think anyone could make the argument that the director of Pan's Labyrinth wouldn't be perfect to adapt Swamp Thing. I think I like this idea even more than the idea of him working on The Hobbit.

Besides getting to use the Swamp Thing character, if sticking to the source material, del Toro would of course also get to use Etrigan The Demon, who would probably be a recurring character. It would also be an opportunity to do the characters Jason Woodrue and John Constantine the right way since they've both been featured, not so faithfully in the movies Batman & Robin and Constantine.

Anyway, it probably wouldn't ever happen, but if it did, it could be really amazing, and it sure was fun daydreaming about it today.