Todd McFarlane Says He Wants His New Movie SPAWN Look to Be "Serious and Sophisticated"

Last week it was announced that Todd McFarlane’s Spawn movie was moving forward with a trio of new writers who will be working on the script. Those writers are Scott Silver (Joker), Malcolm Spellman (Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captain America: New World Order), and rising scribe Matt Mixon.

Jamie Foxx is also still attached to star and take on the role of Spawn, but there’s a good chance that McFarlane will not direct the film as he acknowledges that he may not be the right person for the job. But, he does have a particular vision of what he wants his film to be.

During a recent interview with CB, McFarlane talked about his vision for the character design of Spawn for the new movie, which he’s developing with The Walking Dead special effects artist Greg Nicotero. He said:

"Greg Nicotero [of] The Walking Dead, he actually was there on the first Spawn movie [in 1997]. He and I did a lot of work when I was doing the script, so we created a lot of stuff. I've shown that to people, but without saying, 'You have to use any of this.' And I've shown a lot of artwork that's dark and mysterious and whatever else."

As of right now, the design for this new film version of Spawn is now finalized, but the creator is looking for a design that is serious and sophisticated. He explains:

"We haven't got to locking a look yet, because that's going to be dependent upon what is in that final script. But I think it needs to be serious and sophisticated, right? It can't be silly. It can't feel comic book-ish. It just needs to feel almost horror. I'm gonna keep fighting for that, we'll see where we get."

Nicotero previously talked about the Spaw design he’s been working on saying:

"We have designs ... [McFarlane] came in, and he said, 'Look, we're doing this thing, and it's going to be low budget, and it's kind of down and dirty. And I want it to feel more like the animated show [Todd McFarlane's Spawn], where it's like Spawn meets David Fincher.’ He wanted to do this kind of gritty down and dirty thing. And so, we did a lot of concept work here. We did a bunch of design busts and a lot of really, really cool stuff. And then it kind of stalled."

It’ll be cool to finally see what this new movie version of Spawn ends up looking like! Hopefully this movie actually finally gets made!