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
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’s Spawn to make history with record-setting issue #301
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 says creative differences are holding up Spawn reboot
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 R-rated Spawn will be a “dark, ugly two hours worth of movie”
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 […]
Venom creator blames ageing critics for the film’s negative reviews
As we’ve seen on a number of occasions in recent times, there’s often a big disconnect between critics and audiences when it comes to movies, particularly blockbusters, and one perfect example of that was this year’s superhero origin movie Venom. The Tom Hardy-headlined Marvel film scored just 29% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but managed […]
Spawn reboot won’t begin shooting until June 2019
Given the amount of time that Todd McFarlane spent on the script and shopping the project around Hollywood, it shouldn’t really come as much of a surprise that – despite securing funding from Blumhouse Productions and two stars in Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner – the long-planned Spawn reboot seems to be moving at a […]
Todd McFarlane says his R-rated Spawn reboot will be so dark it’ll make kids cry
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 […]
Todd McFarlane redesigning Spawn for the big screen reboot
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 […]
Todd McFarlane shares his thoughts on the creation of Venom
Todd McFarlane, the creator of the Marvel character Venom, has reflected on the creation of the popular villain. Venom is, of course, all the rage in 2018 thanks in large part to the Tom Hardy led movie that bears his name. Various trailers and posters have gotten many fans of the iconic Spider-Man villain excited […]