Swamp Thing’s Adrienne Barbeau Joins DC Universe’s live-action series
Adrienne Barbeau, one of the stars of Wes Craven’s 1982 film adaptation of the Swamp Thing, has revealed in a now deleted tweet that she is set to return to the franchise by appearing in DC Universe‘s forthcoming live-action series based on the said DC Comics character of the same name. In the original film, Barbeau portrayed the role of Alice Cable, which was the female version of Matt Cable, who will be played by Henderson Wade in the series.
Barbeau is best known for her roles in many horror films such as John Carpenter’s The Fog opposite Jamie Lee-Curtis, George A. Romero’s horror film anthology Creepshow that was written by Stephen King, and the post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Escape From New York.
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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 stars 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. Also now 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 Swamp Thing series also debuted in the early ’90s but only aired five episodes.
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Should Swamp Thing be picked up to series, it would join Titans in the live-action sector of DC Universe and other original series (albeit animated) Young Justice: Outsiders and Harley Quinn.
Swamp Thing comes from James Wan’s Atomic Monster in association with Warner Bros. Television. The pilot is set to premiere in 2019 on the DC Universe digital subscription service.
