Guillermo Del Toro has dropped some hints towards the JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK film he has been working on, although, with the number of films Del Toro announces we could be waiting a very long time for any real movement on the project. JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK focuses on some of the more supernatural characters in DC’s catalogue, such as John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Zatanna, and Etrigan The Demon. Each of these characters is flipping awesome, and in many respects outshines DC’s regular JUSTICE LEAGUE; a property they are also trying to get off the ground.
Speaking at Wondercon, Del Toro responded to a fans questioning with the following:
On JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK, or DARK UNIVERSE, what we’re doing is we finished the bible. Then we’re going to start the screenplay with a writer we hope we can announce very soon.
What I’m doing is the lead character that guides us through that is Constantine. Blonde. He is basically trying to recruit these guys. On Etrigan, I’m using Jason Blood in the time of Merlin. We get to their origin through the story. We don’t make the origin story at the top. We find it out as they each have mysteries to solve. Swamp Thing is at peace with who he is, but Deadman still needs to figure out who shot him. It’s all woven in. When I was a kid, my two favorite characters in the whole DC Universe were Etrigan and Swamp Thing, so I’m in heaven.
Like Del Toro, I also have a soft spot for Swamp Thing and Etrigan, and hopefully the writer will be able to mix the worlds together perfectly as well as getting Etrigan’s dialogue right. I’m guessing this will all come down to the success of PACIFIC RIM later this year, because Del Toro is going to need a bit of a budget if he wants to pull this off.
Source: Coming Soon
