Todd McFarlane Offers Spawn Movie Update, Teases Big Announcement

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Comic book creator Todd McFarlane teased a big announcement at Comic-Con 2022 for the upcoming Spawn movie reboot. First created in 1992 for Image Comics, Spawn is a dark antihero who was once a government assassin before he was killed and returned to the realm of the living after making a Faustian deal to become a Hellspawn. In 1997 the first live-action film adaptation starring Michael Jai White in the titular role was released in theaters, but it failed to strike a chord with critics and it mostly garnered negative reviews. The film also suffered from having its original R-rated cut toned down by producers to achieve a PG-13 rating. These disappointments aside, it still resulted in the creation of an animated series that would run on HBO for three seasons.

In early 2015 McFarlane announced that he was working on a fresh reboot of the property which he not only intended to pen but also to serve as his directorial debut. Set to be produced by horror film production company Blumhouse, and at one point Jamie Foxx was attached to star in the title role alongside lead Jeremy Renner (who helped convince Foxx to join too). Since its original announcement however, the project has faced numerous delays though McFarlane has remained ardent in his constant attempts to get the film off the ground. Then in August last year, a new writer, Brian Tucker, was brought on board to provide a new version of the script.

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Screen Rant hosted the comic book legend at their San Diego Comic-Con 2022 media suite and asked McFarlane about whether he had any further news on his planned Spawn film. Confirming that despite delays due to the pandemic the project is still moving