Todd McFarlane still intends to make a new Spawn movie...one that will have nothing to do with the 1997 version. It's just a matter of finding enough time to do it with all of his other projects! It sounds like the film could come together quickly once McFarlane finds the time to do it. “The reality is that I’ve got a lot of pressure. They want me to deliver the script by the end of the year, which would basically mean we’d be shooting next year. So, that’s the goal right now. The thing that keeps slowing it down is that the negotiation I’ve done is I write, produce, direct, but I’ve got to push a lot of my other endeavours off to the side so I can just get tunnel vision on it.”
As for how the Spawn reboot will differ tonally from the original, McFarlane said, “I think it’s a quick shoot. It’s not going to be a giant budget with a lot of special effects, it’s going to be more of a horror movie and a thriller movie, not a superhero one. I’ve got so many people phoning now that I’ve got to get it done. I’ve made some promises to people this year.” The low-budget, horror/thriller approach sounds like it would work perfectly for Spawn, who is certainly not a traditional superhero by any means. One of the biggest (and there are many) criticisms thrown at the original Spawn film was its adherence to superhero movie convention.
There's more on the Spawn reboot, McFarlane's toy plans, and the question of whether Jamie Foxx might take on the title role over at The Gate! Get going!
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I completely support this idea!!! ... In fact, this has always been the only real way to do a Spawn film (rated R)
Although I really liked the '97 film (with Michael Jah White), IF this film gets a re-launch & is done in a rated-R fashion, it could be even BETTER!
Spawn, unlike most other "superhero's", has always dealt with the harsher realities of the real world (rather then fight super-powered rich guys with alter-ego's and dreams of world domination, or against invading Aliens ... Spawn has battled against drug dealers, corrupt cops, child molesters, as well the Devil & assorted demons, etc)
Spawn has always been a more ADULT (real world) superhero.
This is what has always separated Spawn from other comic book characters and so to stay true the Spawn concept, his subject matter & world has to be depicted in rated-R fashion (the HBO animated series was phenomenal), so I support this 110% !!!
Just no Jamie Foxx..