Todd McFarlane Offers SPAWN Movie Details, Describes Spawn as a Boogeyman
Yep, Todd McFarlane is still talking about the Spawn movie that he's been developing for years. There's been an awful lot of talk, but no action. I hope one day he does actually get to make this movie, but I'm not holding my breath.
During an upcoming episode of the AMC series Geeking Out, Kevin Smith and Tiffany Smith spoke to McFarlane about the potential film and managed to get some additional information out of him. ComicBook.com got a clip from that episode in which the conversation surrounding Spawn takes place.
McFarlane said a lot of stuff that we've already heard before, like that the film will be a complete reboot and not a sequel to the 1997 film adaptation. He also confirmed that the movie will be rated R and that the script he's written is "scary and "badass." He went on to once again describe Spawn as the Jaws of the movie, saying:
"The world's going to be real, except for one thing that's going to move. You're never going to see a dude in a rubber suit....This is going to be my Jaws shark."
He explained his vision for the character, describing him as the boogeyman, and also shared some of the things that we will not see in the movie:
"In the background, there’s this thing moving around, this boogeyman. That boogeyman just happens to be something that you and I, intellectually, know is Spawn. Will he look like he did in the first movie? No. Will he have a supervillain he fights? No. He’s going to be the spectre, the ghost."
I've always liked this concept, and I really do think it would make an incredibly cool Spawn movie. McFarlane has completed the script but is currently editing it because it's too long. Who knows if this movie will ever happen, but if it does I'll be extremely happy! I've been a fan of Spawn since it debuted in 1992, and the property deserves a great film.