Swamp Thing was not canceled due to a North Carolina tax break error

Deadline

When DC Universe abruptly canceled Swamp Thing on Thursday, six days after its premiere, Movies.com reporter Joel Golson tweeted that the show was axed because North Carolina's $40 million tax rebate was reduced to "something like $14 million" due to a paperwork error. Turns out that number was wrong. "The unexpected result seemed to demand an unusual cause, and Gholson’s tweet provided it," says Deadline's Geoff Boucher. He contacted the North Film Office and learned that the $40 million Golson mentioned "exceeds the maximum payment per season for any production (which is $12 million), but it also exceeds the NC Film Office’s entire annual budget ($31 million). Very specific contracts lock every detail of the deal in place in advance of filming, so a blind-side surprise (which Gholson describes) is an especially unlikely scenario."