This year marks the 21st anniversary of the first
Spawn film, and it looks like 2018 is the year when we’ll finally start seeing some significant progress on its successor.
Todd McFarlane recently spoke with AZCentral to discuss his upcoming panel at Ace City Comic-Con with the legendary Stan Lee. McFarlane also spoke on his breakout run on Amazing Spider-Man, Venom, and of course his Image Comics creation
SPAWN. When asked about the status of the new film, which McFarlane wrote himself, he offered a quick update: “
We just signed off on the script, and are going into budgeting. We're also having our casting meeting.”
As for the tone of the film, McFarlane added,
“It will be dark and heavy, serious, R-rated. It won't be a superhero movie. I don't think most people would categorize it as that. It will be a supernatural thriller, like a lot of good creep movies.”
Though he had hinted at it in previous talks about
Spawn, McFarlane confirms that the titular character will remain silent throughout the flick, and drops hints about who the central character will be if not Spawn himself:
I like to explain that it's my Jaws. Spawn doesn't say a word the entire movie, and it's the same way with Jaws. It's about the sheriff and the people, chasing the ghost. That's it...The lead role isn’t Spawn, the lead role is a cop, like Sheriff Brody from Jaws. I think we can hook a fairly significant actor that we want. Unlike a superhero movie, we wouldn't need an actor to put on prosthetic (makeup) or go to the gym. We just need him to act.
As always, we’ll have more on the status of
Spawn as it unfolds. Be sure to check out AZCentral for the rest of the interview.