Cryptic Update From Todd McFarlane. Could We Finally Be Getting Spawn Into Production?

Cryptic Update From Todd McFarlane. Could We Finally Be Getting Spawn Into Production?

Todd Mcfarlane took to social media today, to post a cryptic caption on his latest post. Is he signally that Spawn may finally be heading to the big screen?

By JabbaTheSus - Jul 16, 2026 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Spawn

     Earlier today Todd Mcfarlane  posted a photo that appears to be the set of an interview type set. 

    The last update for the Spawn movie came from McFarlane last year, when he sat down with comicbook.com's Chris Killian at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 stating:

“I’ve been talking about it for seven years and it just seems like there’s always an impediment that’s frustrating and I, to some extent, I know I’ve frustrated my wife. She’s like, ‘Stop talking about it, just make it,’ and I think it’s fair. I think the fans are the same way. What I will say is that we are still moving along. I went and met with a director, we want to sign them, they gave me the numbers last week, we’ve given it to them, hopefully, he signs on,” 

“I don’t think we’ll announce when he signs on. I think what we’ll do is we’ll announce when we have the script and we’ve got the buyer. Instead of doing what I’ve done before, every time we hire somebody, I announce it, is to just go, ‘It sold with this director, writer, these people attached as actors, boom, boom, boom, this is what we’re gonna make,’ that would be it,” McFarlane said. “But the contract went out, literally, last week. I’m here to tell you it’s an A[-list] director, from my perspective. I go, ‘Wow,’ we keep getting lucky with Spawn. The people who are excited about it are people that are in the top tier, from my perspective, so it’s like, ‘Wow. Okay, cool.’ So we’ll see.”

     With all this said, and numerous stops, starts and getting fans hopes up, It's about time we finally see something materialize for the next big screen outing for the anti-hero. 

     While the post Todd Mcfarlane shared to his Facebook page doesn't give any sort of timeline or date, as to when we could see the update he's teasing, it will be interesting to see what he confirms this time around. 

     Are you growing tired of the teasing from Todd on this. or are you just excited to get more Spawn news?

Albert Francis "AlSimmons, better known as Spawn, is a fictional antihero appearing in a monthly comic book of the same name published by American company Image Comics, as well as in a number of films, television series, and video game adaptations set in the Image Universe. Created by Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1 (May 1992).

Simmons is a government assassin who died and went to Hell for his crimes against humanity. Following a deal with Malebolgia, Simmons is given new life as a hellspawn and the chance to see his wife Wanda once again. The deal is revealed to be a trick, as Simmons is brought back to life five years after his death, unrecognizable to his wife and missing many of his memories. With little other choice, Simmons adopts his new hell-inspired identity as Spawn in an effort to atone for his past sins and use his newfound powers for good.

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Monkeyballs2
Monkeyballs2 - 7/10/2026, 8:53 PM
From my perspective you're full of shit, Todd.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/11/2026, 10:09 AM
@Monkeyballs2 - yea I’m not holding my breath, but we’ll see what he declares next
bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/16/2026, 12:45 PM
@JabbaTheSus - you don't need to proofread your stuff. The irony of other people criticizing you for that is beyond laughable. Ignore it lol
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/11/2026, 1:26 AM
Good stuff, @JabbaTheSus, but you could really do with giving this and your other posts a proofread (if you’re on Chrome, try downloading Grammarly - it will make helpful suggestions to reword sentences like, “Earlier today Todd Mcfarlane posted a photo that appears to be the set of an interview type set,” which don’t read so well/make sense). Also, none of the images are showing (try using imgbox to upload them and copy and paste in the HTML by clicking the “Source” button).
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/11/2026, 10:08 AM
@JoshWilding - thanks man. I was having a hard time getting the photos to even go into the body of the article, but I’ll try those suggestions!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/11/2026, 10:23 AM
@JabbaTheSus - No worries. It can be a little tricky, but just reach out if you need any help. And trust me, Grammarly is super helpful. Here’s that image hosting site:

https://imgbox.com/
NateBest
NateBest - 7/16/2026, 12:46 PM
@JabbaTheSus - I'll second @JoshWilding's suggestion regarding Grammarly. SUPER useful!-
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 12:47 PM
@NateBest - @JoshWilding - I actually started using it for the all my articles I made after this one, from your suggestion. thanks!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/11/2026, 5:39 AM
"I've been talking about it for seven years and..."

Seven years? My man, fr, you've been talking about it all [frick]ing millennium.
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JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/11/2026, 10:11 AM
@ObserverIO - legit. I’m 35 and I’ve been hearing of this movie since I was barely over 20
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 7/15/2026, 5:42 PM
Jamie Foxx has probably long aged out of this role right?
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 7/16/2026, 12:04 PM
@TheFinestSmack - Fingers crossed.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 12:06 PM
@TheFinestSmack - I agree to be honest. Jamie is still in amazing shape and doesn't look his age at all, but we need a younger casting if they want to make it a franchise of 10+ years.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 7/16/2026, 12:33 PM
@JabbaTheSus @jabbathesus
Lots of young talent out there that can do it. Maybe Trevante Rhodes?
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 12:35 PM
@TheFinestSmack - For sure has the right look. I haven't seen him in anything except for Bird Box though. I did enjoy him in that, despite the rest of the movie though.
sinister84
sinister84 - 7/16/2026, 9:42 PM
@TheFinestSmack - I would like Jonathan Majors
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 7/16/2026, 12:41 PM
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bobevanz
bobevanz - 7/16/2026, 12:47 PM
At this point they'd be better off Reviving The Animated show, gain hype and traction before making the movie. HBO doing an animated series would also be a high deal because they've essentially moved on from Animation. There was that pet show a few years back but that's about it
EscapeMySight
EscapeMySight - 7/16/2026, 12:50 PM
@bobevanz - 100%. I remember renting the animated show from Blockbuster. It was pretty damn cool. Should give it a rewatch sometime.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/16/2026, 2:50 PM
@bobevanz - Agreed. Most people who would care about this already moved on, and wouldn't even watch it anymore, unfortunately. It needs to rebuild some hype if the idea is to turn it into an IP.
EscapeMySight
EscapeMySight - 7/16/2026, 12:49 PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 7/16/2026, 1:07 PM
I bet you dollars to donuts it’s a Spawn documentary.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 1:29 PM
@soberchimera - While I would obviously watch that. It would be brutal, if that’s what it turns out to be.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/16/2026, 1:18 PM
This movie isn’t happening… at least not the way McFarlane says it will. No one wants to see a Spawn movie that does NOT show Spawn and he’s a secondary character. Also, no one wants to put money behind a person who has zero experience directing anything.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 1:30 PM
@WruceBayne - The aspect of him being the “Jaws” type character could be interesting I believe, IF done right. To your other point, he’s said that he is now aware that won’t happen and they have searched for/found a director.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/16/2026, 1:46 PM
@JabbaTheSus - McFarlane NOT directing is a step in the right direction. And I’m all for different takes on how to approach a horror/ costumed antihero movie.
On another note, its good to see some different opinions when it comes to writing articles that actually make it to the main page. Keep up the good work bro.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 2:17 PM
@WruceBayne - Thanks for the support! Lots more to come
EducatedDefense
EducatedDefense - 7/16/2026, 2:04 PM
1. NO. ONE. CARES.
2. Please stop talking.
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/16/2026, 2:48 PM
Never going. To happen have you on this movie two years ago maybe three
Fogs
Fogs - 7/16/2026, 2:52 PM
I love Todd and Spawn. But I don't believe him anymore.

I mean, it's been 9 years since I published a similar article about it on this very site, lol.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 3:05 PM
@Fogs - I feel you. I literally made an Editorial on here, about 2 days before he made this post as why now was a good time to get Spawn back on the big screen lol.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/16/2026, 3:53 PM
@JabbaTheSus - It's such a shame... Spawn is a great character.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 4:08 PM
@Fogs - Agreed! Always been one of my favorites. I just fear as others have said above, we really need something to ramp up awareness of the character in pop culture first, before the movie though.
Fogs
Fogs - 7/16/2026, 4:42 PM
@JabbaTheSus - Yeah, I totally agree. See what happened to He-Man. It's been such a long time that the potential fans/audience had already dispersed.

It's obviously not the exact same case but I believe it's a similar phenomenon.
JabbaTheSus
JabbaTheSus - 7/16/2026, 4:50 PM
@Fogs - 100%
maxx
maxx - 7/16/2026, 6:36 PM
Spawn should be an HBO streaming series. Too many rich characters and storylines to cram into film. The Houdini issues were some of the best writing of the 90’s and still hold up after all this time.

There’s no way they’ll be able to address all of the issue 1-100 threads correctly which is a damn shame.
Dunejedi
Dunejedi - 7/16/2026, 7:05 PM
Todd, stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen. It’s not going to happen.
Lysander45
Lysander45 - 7/17/2026, 3:29 AM
Which will we see released first? A new Spawn movie, the Winds of Winter, or a Valve game with the number 3 in the title?
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 7/17/2026, 9:18 AM
If Spawn was part of Marvel or DC we would have already had a trilogy probably. At the same time the character might not have been as good, given all the freedom Todd had at Image. Ironic really.
alleverybody
alleverybody - 7/17/2026, 2:32 PM
1. I don't believe a Spawn movie will happen any time soon.
2. However, this would be a near-perfect time to do it: an anti-superhero, horror-based movie.

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