Spawn was one of the most popular comic book characters of the ’90s. With that popularity came a not so great film adaptation. Despite its cult following, the film was mostly a failure. Fast forward to 2021 and with upcoming R-rated reboot starring Jamie Foxx, McFarlane has looked at a potential universe for the character. In an interview with Bleeding Cool, McFarlane said not only is he interested in making the film the way he wants to, but he’s also considering spawning a universe.
McFarlane stated,
I’ve been having this conversation with people inside and outside the comic industry. I’ve been warming up my Hollywood agents to it. The big question is do we still do Spawn The Movie or do we offer something bigger than that? Because otherwise the only other option is you take your five best characters and you sell them to five different people. And they do five individual things and never the twain shall meet. Wouldn’t it be better if one person, if one group came and said, ‘hey you know, that’s interesting talk to us, and oh, by the way, Spawn at least right now is at the epicentre at that so we’ve we’re getting a lot of value just for that one character, talk to us about all the others.
Spawn is still in active development at Blumhouse, with Foxx starring and Jeremy Renner playing Maximilian “Twitch” Williams.
