Todd McFarlane Teases Big Spawn Movie News
Todd McFarlane, the creator of the iconic comic book character Spawn, has finally dropped some promising updates about the upcoming Spawn movie. In a recent interview at San Diego Comic-Con, McFarlane confirmed that the film is moving forward with an A-list director, but fans shouldn’t expect an immediate announcement.
Todd’s Latest Spawn Update
McFarlane opened up about the frustrations of getting the film off the ground and why this time feels different:
“…we are still moving along. I went and met with a director, we want to sign them, they gave me the numbers last week, we’ve given it to them, hopefully, he signs on.”
So, there’s already a contract out for a director McFarlane calls an A-list talent. But fans shouldn’t expect an immediate announcement. Instead, McFarlane plans to announce the director once the script and buyer are finalized.
The Long Road To Production
Todd McFarlane, writer creator of the Comic book “Spawn” with the comic book character Spawn played by Michael Jai White for the 40 million dollar movie by New Line Cinema. (Photo by Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The Spawn movie has been in development hell for years, but it seems like things are finally moving forward. McFarlane reassured fans that Blumhouse Productions remains fully committed to bringing Spawn to life.
As for the title? Last year’s big reveal of King Spawn as a working title got some conversation going, but McFarlane says it’s not final and not based on the comic series of the same name:
“…it was a way for us to say that we’re not just gonna emulate the past and he felt by just calling it Spawn plain old Spawn that it would sort of go, oh, this is just a reboot and, and repeat.
So I don’t know if that would be the final title or whatever. You have to clear things and let go and all those other things. But it was just a way to separate it, to just at least for us internally just to say, hey, this is our version that is different from the one decades ago.”
Source: Geek Tyrant
