JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK Film Will Center on John Constantine
Director Guillermo del Toro showed up at WonderCon this weekend to show off some incredibly badass footage from his upcoming film Pacific Rim. The footage that was screened was absolutely mind blowing! If you weren't there to see it, then you still have no idea of the awesomeness that awaits you. The movie might just be so amazing that it will melt our brains.
During the Q&A section of the panel, he was asked about his Justice League Dark/Dark Universe film that he's developing over at Warner Bros. He revealed that the bible for the film has been completed, and once again says that he hopes he can announce the screenwriter for the film soon.
He goes on the say that the story for the movie will revolve around the blonde version of John Constantine who is tasked with recruiting the other members of the team, which includes the previously-announced Swamp Thing, the Demon, Deadman, the Spectre, and Zatanna as well. Here's what he had to say during the panel...
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.
There's a lot of cool stuff there to work with, and I'm excited to see Del Toro's take on it, so hopefully the studio ends up giving it the green light. This has the potential to be an incredible film! The fact that there's no script yet though tells us that this movie is a few years away from happening. In the meantime Del Toro will be directing his new horror movie Crimson Peak.