Spawn: Has The Time Passed For A Movie Adaptation?

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Spawn fans have watched the superhero movie craze build on the horizon and become an unstoppable empire, all in the time since the first film came and went. The fated new Spawn movie might finally be making it to the screen, but the world might have changed too much for this 90s classic.

Entries in big genre franchises have been getting canceled lately for various reasons. The two or three big superhero movie franchises seem to plan their outings well in advance. That can lead to some projects falling through or undergoing radical changes, but what happens when a new competitor struggles for years to enter the arena?

New Spawn Movie Taps Captain America 4 And Joker Writers To Pen Script

It seems almost inevitable that a character as popular as Spawn will get a film adaptation in the modern era of superhero movies. Devised by Todd McFarlane in the early-90s, Spawn is the perfect edgelord anti-hero and the flagship character of Image Comics. The character feels like an excitable combination of all of Todd's favorite things. Spawn was born Al Simmons, a skilled assassin employed by the CIA. After his handlers betray and murder him, Al finds himself with a Faustian deal. He can return to the land of the living and see his wife again, but he'll have to submit himself and his skills to the devil Malebolgia as a «Hellspawn». After discovering the downside of his deal, he becomes a gritty anti-hero, using his demonic powers and honed skills to deliver justice and avenge his murder. The story wasn't exactly groundbreaking in 1992, but, the subsequent 30 years haven't exactly helped.

Spawn has been a popular character in the comics for decades, but he's also had his fair share of merchandise. McFarlane is arguably a better toy mogul