Jamie Foxx Discusses Todd McFarlane's SPAWN Movie and Confirms He's Still on Board To Star
In case you were wondering, Jamie Foxx is still very much on board to star in Todd McFarlane’s upcoming Spawn movie. This is an opportunity that he has been actively trying to be a part of for years. When McFarlane and Blumhouse do finally end up moving forward with the movie, Foxx will take on the role of Al Simmons, a.k.a. Spawn.
During a recent interview with Yahoo, Foxx talked about the movie and said he thinks the film could be something special. He said:
“I surprised Todd McFarlane. I said, ‘Bro, I know that one day you will do this movie, and I hope you will keep me in mind.’ What Black Panther did was let us know that it’s so necessary, and it’s the time. And Spawn is just an interesting character in itself. The heads that are being put together to bring you something special – look out.”
It’s good to know that his excitement for the film is still strong! After years of it not happening, you’d think that excitement would fade away, but that’s not happening with Foxx. During a previous interview, producer Jason Blum said that there has been "an enormous amount of activity" on the film lately, and he describes it as being akin to a "seismic event." He went on to say:
"No new news that I'm going to reveal here, I'm sorry to tell you, but the title 'Spawn,' I've been uttering that word a lot in the last two or three weeks and we'll have more news to come. I wanna make the movie so badly...but in this case, I've actually been talking to other people about it."
At least we know that there is some movement. It's been confirmed by McFarlane that his Spawn film will be R-Rated, and that he will be the director. He’s also looking at hiring an unnamed award-winning screenwriter to help him polish the script. Jeremy Renner is attached to star in the film as Spawn and Twitch, and when talking about his take on the story, McFarlane previously explained:
"There's two big roles in the script. There's obviously sort of Spawn himself, 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. Twitch is the role in this one, and I sort of refer to him as my sheriff Brody, who is the sheriff in the Jaws movie. Although it was called Jaws, Jaws didn't really talk a lot in his movie, right? He just kind of showed up at the opportune time to make the movie worthwhile."
Well, hopefully, this movie happens sooner rather than later. While the movie has made some huge steps forward, it still seems like there’s a lot of work that needs to be done. This Spawn movie will get made one day, we just don’t know when.