Todd McFarlane talked with MTV at the New York Comic Con this afternoon. As usual he was not at a loss for words and had some interesting things to say about why there is currently no Spawn animated television show.
"We've been in contact with different studios and now we're doing tests on various technology that will hopefully get me to where I want visually. Here's the balancing act on the animation: How do we make it as cool as heck, but still be able to do it in a financial manner that we can do it every half-hour weekly?"
"We can all think of these grand technologies that now exist that will get us there, but the problem is, we can't do that on a half-an-hour, episodic basis."
"We're doing an experiment to [find out] if there's a hybrid that will be able to get it so when we walk in to pitch it, we can go, 'Here's what it's going to look like, and here's the budget that goes with it. And if you can beat them to the punch on those two things, it's easy for them to say yes."
"When you pitch ideas in Hollywood, you have to assume that 99% of the time they'll say no, so I've learned over time that there's three or four components that are sort of the big moments, and if you can address those up front, then you get their interest a little more. It doesn't mean they're going to buy it and make it, but it means they'll listen to the conversation, because you've thought out their business plan."