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After Five Years Of Rumors, Jamie Foxx Will Reboot Todd McFarlane’s SPAWN For Blumhouse

You might have come across notes in the rumor mill in the last several years over the hype of potentially casting actor Jamie Foxx for the title role of a hopeful Spawn remake. That came before creator Todd McFarlane’s announcement last summer partnering with Blumhouse for a much darker adaptation at a modest budget of about ten or twelve million dollars. Those latter developments didn’t arise until last summer and onward when McFarlane clarified the details and inspiration of his vision at New York City Comic-Con the following Fall, and it just so happens that Foxx was reported to be circling the role about four weeks ago according to buzz over at That Hashtag Show. This week, McFarlane has all but confirmed the news showcasing talks with the actor and Jason Blum who is producing through his Blumhouse banner, thus having provided Deadline with the exclusive on Tuesday. Foxx will […]

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NYCC 2017: SPAWN Patriarch Todd McFarlane Discusses Reboot Production Details

Lee B. Golden III

New Line Cinema Comic book creator and regular social media art tutor Todd McFarlane made some dreams come true over the summer when he officiated his R-rated Spawn reboot with Blumhouse. On Thursday, he took to New York Comic-Con to confirm post-Christmae pre-production for a February start date, reportedly promising a “dark and R-rated,” induction far more toned grimly than Tim Miller’s Deadpool. “It’s going to be dark,” McFarlane said, explaining that Spawn won’t be a standard superhero movie and its darkness will spring from a realistic drama that will play on fear. “I will have a shark in black water,” he said metaphorically, “and if you’re swimming he will come and you’ll be gone and he will f*ck you up.” He also affirmed the film he will be able to touch base and share tidbits with fans via live Facebook video during production, a perk feasible largely on the […]

SPAWN Is A Go At Blumhouse With Todd McFarlane Directing

Lee B. Golden III

When comic book auteur Todd McFarlane isn’t blowing minds on Facebook with live sketch tutorials, he’s tending to ever-patient fans who’ve been watching and waiting for the next big update on a hopeful Spawn film. That fact stands more past-tense these last few hours or so as McFarlane has been stirring the pot in San Diego amid the comic-con fanfare where he just made a suprise announcement, ultimately blowing minds as usual: In further detail as advanced by The Wrap and for those unable to watch the video, McFarlane will write and direct the film with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, the studio behind The Purge films and Get Out producing. “Having worked with many visionary directors, I think Todd’s unique artistic talents will only add to his role as director of this film,” Blum said in statement. Spawn first published from Image Comics in 1992 centered on Al Simmons, a […]

Jamie Foxx Is In Comic Book Movie Mode, In 'Aggressive Pursuit' To Play SPAWN

Lee B. Golden III

For a matter of about more than a decade now, comic book author and creator Todd MacFarlane expressed his anticipation on actively developing a feature-length return of the character Spawn to the big screen, having progressed into the talk of making a lower budgeted, closely managed sequel with a darker-toned vision suitable for an R-rating, compared to its 1997 predecesor from director Mark A.Z. Dippé. This year, it seems now that with the heightened popularity and success of Django Unchained, White House Down and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star, actor Jamie Foxx, MacFarlane’s Image Comics property is back in the headlines, and hitting heavy with a recent statement from the actor who recently spoke to Movies.com about the project, telling Erik Davis the following: “There’s a couple of them, Spawn…is one, yeah, and uh, Mike Tyson. Those are two roles that I would just love to, you know, get down […]