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Todd McFarlane says two Spawn animated series in the works, including one for kids

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It’s been over a year now since it was announced that Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner had signed on to Todd McFarlane’s long-planned Spawn reboot, with McFarlane revealing this summer that the project is being held up due to creative differences. In addition to the movie, McFarlane has spent the past few years planning a […]

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn #300 covers revealed

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27 years after its launch, Image Comics’ Spawn reaches its historic 300th issue this September, and the publisher is marking the occasion with a new cover from creator Todd McFarlane, which will be available both as a standard cover and black and white variant; check them out here… SPAWN MAKES HISTORY! With this 300th issue, […]

Todd McFarlane says creative differences are holding up Spawn reboot

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reboot, a project that has been in development for a very long time. The film, which is set to star Jamie Foxx as Al Simmons/Spawn and Jeremy Renner as Detective Twitch Williams, is supposed to begin production this summer with Blumhouse Productions financing, but there’s […]

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn to make history with record-setting issue #301

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27 years after its launch, Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is set to make history this September with issue #301 as it becomes the longest-running creator-owned comic book in the world. “I could think of no better reason to return to the drawing board than to celebrate the record-breaking 301st issue of the Spawn comic,” said McFarlane, […]

Todd McFarlane’s R-rated Spawn will be a “dark, ugly two hours worth of movie”

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Back in October Todd McFarlane said that his R-rated Spawn reboot would be so dark it’ll make kids cry. Well, now he’s back spreading the sunshine in an interview with The Nerdist, where he reveals that his Blumhouse Productions financed film will be a “dark, ugly two hours worth of movie”. Book your family tickets now! Adamant that […]

Rumoured plot details for the Spawn reboot

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Although filming on Todd McFarlane’s Spawn reboot has recently been pushed back to the summer of 2019, McFarlane has already cast his two leads in Jamie Foxx as Al Simmons/Spawn and Jeremy Renner as Detective Twitch Williams, while the script for the long-gestating project has been complete for some time now. We know that McFarlane […]

Todd McFarlane says his R-rated Spawn reboot will be so dark it’ll make kids cry

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After years of trying to get his Spawn reboot off the ground, creator Todd McFarlane finally found a home for his R-rated vision last year in Blumhouse Productions, and has since added Jamie Foxx (Spawn) and Jeremy Renner (Twitch) to the cast of the project. During a recent interview with IGN, McFarlane has been chatting about […]

Image Comics announces Spawn Kills Everyone Too

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Image Comics has announced that Todd McFarlane is revisiting the parody one-shot Spawn Kills Everyone with the four-issue limited series follow-up Spawn Kills Everyone Too, which is set to launch in December. Here’s a look at the covers to the first issue – both clean and bloody versions… SPAWN KILLS EVERYONE hit with overwhelming fan […]

Todd McFarlane redesigning Spawn for the big screen reboot

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As Todd McFarlane continues with pre-production on his big screen reboot of Spawn, the creator has been chatting to Comic Book about redesigning the comic book character’s classic look for his second feature film appearance. “Does Spawn have a dark mask and his body dark and then does he have a cape in the comic […]