DC Universe’s ‘Swamp Thing’ Casts Will Patton And Virginia Madsen As The Show’s Villains
Meet the Sunderlands.Will PattonandVirginia Madsenhave been cast as Avery and Maria Sunderland, respectively, in DC Universe’s upcomingSwamp Thing. The pair will be joining theSwamp Thingcast, which already includesCrystal Reed, andMaria Sten.
Deadlinereportsthat the newest residents of DC Universe’sSwamp Thingare Will Patton, recently seen in this year’sHalloween, and Virginia Madsen, who famously tangled with another supernatural monster inCandymanand recently appeared in ABC’sDesignated Survivor.
Patton has been cast as the key antagonist of the series, butting heads with Reed’s protagonist Abby Arcane over the mystical swamp situated near a small Louisiana town. Deadline describes his character as a “prominent businessman” and “the de facto patriarch of his Louisiana hometown, always giving back to the community. His benevolent veneer, however, masks a ruthless determination to harness the power of the swamp for profit.”
Madsen will be playing Avery Sunderland’s privileged wife, Maria Sunderland, who suffers through Avery’s life-long obsession with the swamp. “Her poised existence is shaken further when the return of Abby Arcane reawakens a deep grief over the loss of Maria’s daughter, Shawna, drawing her into the dark supernatural mysteries emerging from the swamp,” Deadline notes.
The series follows Abby Arcane (Crystal Reed) as she investigates a seemingly deadly swamp-born virus in a small Louisana town, “but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.”
TheSwamp Thingseries will be produced by horror maestroJames Wanand run byMark VerheidenandGary Daubermanwith a pilot directed byUnderworld’sLenWiseman, a line-up that suggests a horror-heavy approach that will set the series apart from the DC Universe’s other original programming likeTitans,Harley Quinn, andDoom Patrol.
The series is set to debut on the DC Universe streaming platform sometime in2019.
