Spawn creator Todd McFarlane has taken notice of the growing popularity of streaming services like Netflix and is open to the possibility of bringing the property to one of them. With production on the upcoming
Spawn reboot still months away, the writer, producer, and director recently sat down with Comicbook.com and discussed a potential digital future for the property.
"Yes to all of the above," McFarlane told the site when asked if he would sell his
Spawn property to a streaming service like Netflix.
"I think the world’s changing in front of our very eyes in how we’re going to consume not only entertainment but even movies."
McFarlane speculated
"there might be a day when you hit a button and Star Wars is on your computer and you won’t have to go to the theatre."
Funny enough, that day may be sooner rather than later as Disney already has plans to launch a streaming service and already has plans to host multiple original
Star Wars projects, including
The Mandalorian live-action television series that's being written and executive produced by Jon Favreau.
At the end of the day, McFarlane said his goal is for people to see his movies, regardless of how they consume it.
"I want human beings to see it," he said.
"Whatever that device is, whatever that delivery mechanism is, I’m not going to get married to a distribution model that may not be as relevant or as efficient because that’s how you used to do it. I’ll talk to all of them.”
With an
admittedly low budget, releasing
Spawn on a streaming service like Netflix might not be such a terrible option. The upcoming reboot, which will mark McFarlane's film directorial debut, is being produced by Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions, a studio that has excelled in with small-budget films, including the incredibly successful horror films
Get Out and
Split. With production expected to begin in June 2019 and no release date set, there's plenty of time for McFarlane and Blum to discuss distribution models.
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