It might be a match made in hell. Todd McFarlane, creator of Image Comics’ flagship character Spawn, has announced he’s partnering with Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions — the company that produced Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed horror-suspense movie Get Out — to bring the character back to the big screen. According to Deadline, McFarlane will write the first draft of the screenplay and will also direct.
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During a Facebook Live with Kevin Smith, McFarlane revealed that his often-teased Spawn movie has been picked up by Blumhouse, the production company behind other horror hits like Paranormal Activity. “No more theoretical, we’re now making movies,” McFarlane said. “We’re going!”
The first Spawn flick was released 20 years ago, and failed to have a major budget or be particularly good. McFarlane has been wanting to make a new Spawn movie basically since then, and while this doesn’t mean we’ll definitely see Al Simmons return to theatres… it does raise its chances considerably.