DC Universe’s Swamp Thing Cancelled After One Episode
Yikes…..Warner Bros’ DC Universe streaming service just canned its latest series after uploading just one episode to the server. Is what just happened to Swamp Thing a sign of bad times ahead for DC Universe as a whole? On the surface, any new venture cancelling one of its projects this prematurely is never a good look. But there’s no real need to panic, unless you liked Swamp Thing (and you’ve barely had any time to develop an attachment). According to industry journalist John Gholson, WB originally greenlit this show to film it in North Carolina, hoping to take advantage of a tax break that is no longer available. “North Carolina promised a $40m tax rebate that, due to a paperwork error, they were unable to deliver. That was roughly half the proposed budget for [Season One] (which is estimated at $80m). When NC discovered the error, the corrected. WB shut down production, realizing they’d be taking a bath on the rebate and paying for far more of it than assumed.