Todd McFarlane Describes Upcoming Spawn Reboot as Dark, Ugly

Legendary comic creator Todd McFarlane has made it explicitly clear that his upcoming film adaptation of Spawn will not be your typical superhero film. In fact, he has gone on recording describing the idea as more of a horror film than anything else. When most moviegoers think "superhero film," they think The Avengers and Marvel's lighthearted (and not to mention highly-successful) ways, but by no means does McFarlane want to follow suit in his upcoming project.

In a recent chat with Nerdist, McFarlane doubled down on these earlier comments and bluntly explained what you should expect from the new film, namely that its going to be dark, ugly, and joyless. Read below for his full comments on why you should expect something much darker in the new Spawn movie.

This bodes well for fans of the comic franchise and should make for a much more interesting take on the titular character. As fans of both comics and horror, we couldn't be happier to see the best of both worlds being represented in this new film.

The upcoming Spawn reboot has Jamie Foxx playing the titular character, also known as Al Simmons, who will be joined by Jeremy Renner as Twitch Williams. Blumhouse Productions is producing with Todd McFarlane writing and directing. Greg Nicotero's KNB EFX Group will be handling visual effects.

There is no word yet on when Spawn will start filming or what the expected release date might be, but we'll be sure to provide updates here on Dead Entertainment as the production moves along.

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