Jamie Foxx Discusses Todd McFarlane's SPAWN Movie and Compares It to JOKER

Todd McFarlane has been trying to get his Spawn film project off the ground for over a decade. It’s currently set up at Blumhouse, and McFarlane is supposed to direct it. I just have no idea if this film is actually ever going to happen. If it does, Jamie Foxx is still attached to star in the film, and in a recent interview with CB, he talked about the film and compared it to director Todd Phillip's Joker. When asked about the project, he explained:

"I will tell you this. I talk to Todd and the thing is that we want to craft something that is so special because I remember seeing the first Spawn movies and then seeing the HBO versions and so we have something that is almost like an original, without giving too much away. But it starts in a. way that is so cool. And it's not big budget, you know? And that's what I love about it. It's sort of like how when they did the Joker. The Joker, yes, is here, but the story about this man who was in fire, it's the same with what we're doing with this. And so, we're just like, just getting this right, cooking it right, but staying in contact, keeping the energy going and when we lay it on you, there's gonna be some moments where you go ‘oh man.’ You've been watching everybody shoot their shot and now we're getting ready to shoot ours."

Well, I hope that they actually have the opportunity to tell this Spawn story as a feature film! Foxx seems pretty excited about it, so that’s a good sign. When previously talking about the progress of the film project, McFarlane said:

"We as a collective team are doing what needs to be done to keep this moving. We put a little bit of pressure on ourselves to say, 'Can we have by midyear something really big and tangible to go public with?' Which is not only to backtrack on the people we've added, but to also say, 'And we sold it to a studio.' Something that's really tangible. That it's like we're not just farting around." 

"I know when people don't get concrete names and information and stuff, and when I have to say, 'Stuff's happening. Just wait,' that's not very satisfying answer, which is essentially what I'm saying. And that's what's frustrating because I know that it's way more than that happening. And you know, dealing on the Hollywood front, with all the stuff, there are lots and lots of things going on that have yet to be sort of announced. But yeah, I fall in that same bucket, but at least we're all rowing in the same direction right now. So, I think there's a bit of a distraction, but now, I think we're all pretty focused here, and everybody wants the same goal, which is, 'Let's take this thing to the next level. Come on, guys, let's go.'"

When talking about the film and its tone, the Spawn creator said: “My bent for what I want to do with Spawn is a lot more serious, and a lot more dark, than what people are seeing traditionally in PG-13 superhero movies. It’s just going to be a dead-serious, R-rated, scary, creepy movie. Done, period, and I’m not wavering from that. And if at some point they just go, ‘No, the only way this gets made is if we convert that,’ then we’re never gonna make it. I’ll go and beg, borrow, and steal the money, I’ll get it made. Don’t worry, I’ll get it made.”

He went on to elaborate on how his Spawn movie compares to Jaws, saying: "It was sheriff Brody, the humans talking, chasing the fantastical thing that sort of made the movie, and to me, there's that element. Everything else is normal in this story other than (gesture) the shadow moves, and at times even when it moves, the cop just sort of thinks he's losing his mind so he doesn't even trust that the shadow's moving. If you're a bad guy, then this thing is going to come and it's going to get you."

I love the direction that McFarlane wants to take this film in regards to the tone. It sounds like it would make for a hell of a great movie! If they actually finally get a chance to make it, that would be great.