i haven't read spawn in ages i think i've got about the first fifty issues.

great character needs a decent movie.

Spawn has always been one of my favorite characters. I think the last issue I got is when he killed Malebolgia.

Michael Jai White was a pretty good Spawn, but just suffered from the lackluster movie. I'd give him another shot,R-rated this time.

marvel72

That's makes more sense, to pull more potential numbers at the box office. I'd just hope they don't go "soft" like they did with the last one if it's gonna be PG-13

wow i wonder who the award winning actor is he didn't tell us?

Maybe Denzel Washington wants to be a superhero. ;P

I'd like Jamie Fox or Denzel in it...

This is awesome to hear! I wouldn't mind seeing Redeemer in it either.

Nomis: I agree completely. If there's any truth to what Todd is saying, I think Denzel is the only one who could be interested who has the clout to walk in and say "I want in. Make this happen."

Then again, Todd isn't an "in the loop" movie writer/producer, so maybe any one of the three mentioned could get his attention with a statement like that.

Someone wake me up when it actually gets made. At least he's not completely talking out of his ass like Mark Millar. He does admit he gets plenty of distraction throughout all his nibbling.

And that "academy award winning actor" has got to be Nick Cage. If so... god help us all.

Cuba would be great as Goliath. ;D

RE: Cerebus

Nice try Todd, Sims actually wrote and drew all 300 issues.. The record is safe.

No one responded to it? Is that DC's fault for "rebooting"? Nope. Sounds like Spawn just didn't have the story to attract the readers. I dropped off of Spawn when it became clear that McFarlane had run out of udders to milk and became some half-assed toyman, letting Spawn become secondary in importance. This "Academy Award winning actor" is probably someone whose career has faltered and needs a shot in the arm. I'll be surprised if this gets made in the next five years. It's just going to be another in a string of bad decisions made by McFarlane.

Lord Loki has spoken

CUT AN PASTED FROM A MCFARLANE CHAT:

On the status of the project:

All they’re waiting for is my script. As soon as I get my script, which could take me about 2 months if I’m not distracted, that’s always a good guess. I got the story, I’ve been living with the story for 10 years I know the story I got the story down… which is why they wanna make it! Cus, I keep pitching them the story and they go "Well, go write it Todd".


Apparently, it will be a more realistic story, with a "boogey man" in it:

You ever see the movie "The Departed"? It’s like the movie "The Departed" except there’s a boogey man in it. It won’t be a “superhero movie”. It’ll be sort of a suspense/thriller/drama. The only thing in the movie that will be out of the ordinary will be the "boogey man" that You and I know as “Spawn”. So, it’s not going to be "Spawn vs. a demon vs. Clown", they’re not going to do any of that. Think about it as "The Grudge". There’s only one thing in that movie the "boogey man" in that house, everything else in that is real in that movie so it’s like that. It’s more of a story movie.

THIS WAS 2011..

loki668- It has to be Nick Cage. I bet he wants to play Twitch sooooo bad it's killing him, especially after his shitty second go at GR.

Ceejay- I agree. As a comicbook fan, it pains me to say this but i agree. The general audience doesn't go for all those extreme characters unless they're in a horror setting. The studios won't let that happen because they wanna make bank on toys to sell to kids. And to tell you the truth, Spawn's first film, as PGcampy as it was, wasn't anywhere near horrendous or a "bad" adaptation. It was just a very PG13 representation of the characters and story of the books. Considering all the shit we've seen in CBMs since the first Superman film, it's actually quite faithful in plenty of aspects.

Leftcoastpunk- Did i miss something? When did Damon win an Academy Award and for what???

Ya sarcasm d;-), i'm not showing my age here am I? Someone help me out with a gif if you know what I'm talking about. Not to savy on how to do that.(damn, there goes the age showing again)

Maybe Morgan Freeman wants to narrate..

I wish I could tell you that Al fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but being a Hellsapwn is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - Hellspawn life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Al would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him - sometimes he was able to fight 'em off, sometimes not. And that's how it went for Al - that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.