SPAWN: Jeremy Renner Confirmed To Play The Lead Role Of Twitch Williams In The Upcoming Reboot

SPAWN: Jeremy Renner Confirmed To Play The Lead Role Of Twitch Williams In The Upcoming Reboot

The trades have now confirmed the recent rumor that Jeremy Renner (Avengers, Tag) was up for the lead role of Detective Twitch Williams in Todd McFarlane's upcoming reboot of Spawn. More past the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 09, 2018 03:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Spawn
Last week, we reported on That Hashtag Show's scoop that Hawkeye actor Jeremy Renner was up for the role of Twitch Williams in the Spawn reboot, and this has now been confirmed by the trades.

Renner's character will team up with the supernatural antihero of the title (Jamie Foxx) to track down his daughter's killer.

Here's what Spawn creator and director of the reboot, Todd McFarlane, had to say about the Avengers star joining his cast:


“As a first time director, I wanted to surround myself with the most talent and the most skilled people I can on all fronts. I was lucky enough to land Jason Blum and then Jamie Foxx, and I knew the person on screen the most is this police officer, Twitch Williams. We needed as strong a person as possible because he will be the face of the film.

I took my naïve Hollywood approach again, and said let’s start at the top and work down. Jeremy was at the top. I’m a huge fan of his. The character doesn’t need to be a bodybuilder or GQ handsome. I was looking for somebody who’s a person you’ve met before; I needed someone who can pull off the grief of an average human being. I’ve seen Jeremy do that in more than a few of his movies. He was at the top of my list, just like Jamie.”

Renner's addition is certain to drum up a bit more hype for this one - although the fact that Spawn himself will be more of a background character has been cause for concern among many fans.

What do you guys think about Jeremy Renner playing Twitch? Sound off in the usual place.
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ArkhamClown
ArkhamClown - 7/9/2018, 3:14 PM
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 7/9/2018, 3:15 PM
Can’t wait to see Renner in a CBM again🤭😉
JK
JK - 7/9/2018, 4:17 PM
@ChangAlang -
Why, he was in infini.............................


Nevermind
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/9/2018, 3:22 PM
Congrats for him for the role.

I guess he'll be busy for the next year(s) so who knows about Hawkeye post "Avengers 4".
crawley
crawley - 7/9/2018, 3:29 PM
If this turns out good, we have to start calling Blum horror's Feige, because I have zero faith in MacFarlane to direct.
bcom
bcom - 7/9/2018, 3:49 PM
Renner isn't the first actor that comes to mind when thinking of Twitch, but this is Todd writing and directing the movie based on his own comic creations so if he thinks Renner is good for Twitch then bring it on.
VictorKrueger
VictorKrueger - 7/9/2018, 3:53 PM
Confirmed. Hawkeye dies in Avengers 4
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/9/2018, 3:59 PM
"The character doesn’t need to be a bodybuilder or GQ handsome."

Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 7/9/2018, 4:01 PM
Damn, Todd. Why you gotta call that man ugly?
blitzkreg
blitzkreg - 7/9/2018, 4:10 PM
He resembles nothing like the comic book character. James Gunn would makes for a great twitch....oh that's right...he's the director of the Guardians of The Galaxy films.
TheArlington
TheArlington - 7/9/2018, 4:21 PM
This is going to BOMB. No one gives a flying [frick] about Spawn. They didn’t care in the 90’s and they don’t care now. Foxx is washed the [frick] up.
SteveBosell
SteveBosell - 7/9/2018, 4:34 PM
Great. This means a skinny black lesbian will play Sam.
Comicbookart
Comicbookart - 7/9/2018, 4:53 PM
Twitch looks like a thin old white guy. But muscular superhero Jeremy Renner has been cast. Seens legit.

Though I am very interested to see how the creator of the comics interprets his own work.
Kozmik
Kozmik - 7/9/2018, 7:09 PM
@Comicbookart - Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) or Steve Buscemi (very much alive). I could even see David Duchovny. He's nothing like Twitch physically but he has this certain vibe.
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