Guillermo del Toro is working on a film based on DC characters with the working title Dark Universe, according to an interview on IGN. Del Toro is courting a writer for the film, so it’s in a fairly early stage of development. Characters del Toro mentioned include Swamp Thing, The Demon, Constantine, Deadman, The Spectre, and Zatanna.

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Posted by ICv2 on January 9, 2013 @ 1:25 am CT

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