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Dark Universe, Guillermo Del Toro's DC Comics Movie Of Sophisticated Suspense – Monday Trending Topics

Published Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:49:44 -0600

by Mark Seifert

Last updated Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:49:51 -0600

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Dark Universe, Guillermo Del Toro's DC Comics movie, will feature Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Zatanna, Zatara, the Demon, and Deadman among others…? I can think of a storyline that fits that bill. I'm sure we'll have much more on this a little later.

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Guillermo Del Toro's DC Movie Dark Universe Is Being Written Now, "Will Happen"

The following video from IGN features Del Toro talking about the Dark Universe line-up of characters. Swamp Thing is "a rockstar" to him, Etrigan the Demon is "amazing." He also notes that wants to do "the Constantine of the comics" and that The Spectre, Deadman and Zatanna will all also appear. Other characters are kept secret so that we can't guess the plot – which seems to be a clue in and of itself.

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