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Spawn joins Mortal Kombat 11 with Keith David reprising role

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NetherRealm Studios has revealed a new fighter coming to Mortal Kombat 11 as Todd McFarlane’s anti-hero Spawn joins the fight. NetherRealm made the announcement in a gameplay trailer featuring Spawn that shows off some pretty brutal attacks. Watch the trailer below… Actor Keith David will once again voice Spawn in the game. David first voiced […]

Todd McFarlane hopes to have a big Spawn movie announcement “in the next month”

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Back in 2017, it finally seems as though Todd McFarlane was on track to realise his dream of relaunching the Spawn movie franchise, with Blumhouse Productions boarding the long-gestating reboot and Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner signing on for the roles of Al Simmons/Spawn and Detective Twitch Williams. Unfortunately, as has been the case for […]

Todd McFarlane says the script for his Spawn reboot is currently in the hands of another writer-director for polishing

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Todd McFarlane has revealed that the script for his frequently delayed Spawn reboot is currently in the hands of another writer-director for polishing before he takes the new script out into Hollywood. “Right now it’s being polished by another writer-director from the script that we handed him. He’s supposed to be done with it here in […]

Todd McFarlane claims that Joker has renewed interest in his R-rated Spawn movie

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Having spent over a decade trying to get the project off the ground, it seemed as though creator Todd McFarlane had enjoyed a breakthrough with his plans for an R-rated Spawn reboot back in the summer of 2017 when Blumhouse Productions boarded the project. However, almost two and a half years on and – despite […]

Spawn actor Michael Jai White says Todd McFarlane’s planned reboot “doesn’t make a lot of sense to me”

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In an interview with ComicBook.com, actor Michael Jai White who portrayed Spawn in the 1997 original, has offered his thoughts on Todd McFarlane’s plans for a reboot – a film that continuously struggles to come to fruition. “I don’t know anything about it. He’s been talking about a reboot of Spawn for 20 years,” White said. “I think he […]

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’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 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 […]