Todd McFarlane Says His Upcoming Spawn Film Has Yet to Move Forward

It sounds like the Todd McFarlane’s upcoming film adaptation of Spawn is in a bit of production hell, so to speak. We last checked in on the project when the legendary comic creator described his big screen take on the franchise as dark, ugly, and joyless. As we already knew, he has insisted on handling the writing and directing duties himself, among other decisions regarding the film. It seems it will be his vision or nothing at all.

In a recent chat with ComicBook.com, McFarlane gave an update on the project and doubled down on this sentiment, mentioning that all the project needs is for each of the financial backers to say yes to his script without forcing him to compromise his ideas. Hell, he would walk away from the film altogether before doing that, by the sound of it.

Essentially, the status of the project hasn’t changed since we last heard an update, but part of that is getting the backers to agree on the script and having it finalized before it can be shopped around to studios. McFarlane continued by outlining what the next steps of putting this film together would be.

At the end of the day, it sounds like McFarlane does not want to settle for anything less than what he thinks will give this film the best chance to succeed – his script, his ideal release timing, and his vision for marketing it. This may not even happen if he can’t get his way. Can Hollywood compromise enough to bring Spawn to the big screen once again? Only time will tell.

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 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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