Todd McFarlaneshocked San Diego Comic-Conby officially announcing that hisSpawnmovie was finally happening after years of teasing. And now some more news has come down the wire straight from McFarlane himself. The main character is going to be Twitch and McFarlane is comparing the movie to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thrillerJaws.Blumhouse, the studio behindGet Out,The Purge, andParanormal Activityis set to produce the movie under the strict conditions that McFarlane demanded. McFarlane will write, produce, and directSpawnin an effort to avoid the disastrous 1997 adaptation.
While speaking toComicBook.com, McFarlane revealed some more information about the highly anticipatedreturn of Spawn to the big screen. He mentioned that some heavy hitters from Hollywood are really interested in the project while also revealing thatSpawnwon’t be the main character. How can aSpawnmovie work without him as the main character? McFarlane explains.
“There’stwo big rolesin the script. There’s obviously sort ofSpawnhimself, although in a weird way it’s not the biggest role, and then there’s the cop. The cop is this character Twitch who’s been there since issue #1.”
McFarlane went on to say that Twitch is based off of a character from the iconicJawsmovie and then proceeded to explain the parallels between the two movies. McFarlane had this to say.
“Twitch is the role in this one, and I sort of refer to him as my sheriff Brody, who is the sheriff in theJawsmovie. Although it was calledJaws,Jawsdidn’t really talk a lot in the movie, right? He just kind of showed up at the opportune time to make the movie worthwhile.”
That is certainly an interesting approach forSpawnand it sounds like a perfect idea when one thinks about it. Especially considering that the movie is going to be in thesupernatural horror realm,Spawnwill be seen in a new light and apparently won’t talk very much.
McFarlane further elaborates on the influence ofJawson his newSpawnproject by saying that everything is normal in the story except for a shadow. And this shadow is something to fear if you’re on the wrong side of the law. McFarlane further explains.
“It was sheriff Brody, the humans talking, chasing the fantastical thing that sort of made the movie. Everything is normal in this story other than the shadow moves, and at times even when it moves, the cop just sort of thinks that he’s losing his mind so he doesn’t even trust that the shadow is moving. If you’re a bad guy, then this thing is gong to come and it’s going to get you.”
Todd McFarlane is definitely painting a very vivid picture of how this new version ofSpawnwill go and the idea sounds very intriguing. It’s officially time to get excited.
It’s obvious that the shadow of the original 1997 big screen adaptation looms over Todd McFarlane and he’s going to do everything within his powers to verify a blunder like that never happens again forSpawn. There’s no doubt that the R-ratedDeadpoolandLoganhave helped pave the way for McFarlane’s new vision ofSpawn, so that mixed with the new horror resurgence that’s happening is destined to be a slam dunk. So far there is no release date set or even a cast, but that should all change very soon.
