SPAWN (2020) New Spawn Reboot, Todd McFarlane Superhero Movie News HD

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00:00 Despite speculation that Jamie Foxx was no longer the star of Todd McFarlane's planned

00:04 spawn reboot, the actor still appears to be attached to the project.

00:08 In a recent interview, McFarlane said, "We had an Academy Award-winning guy who was going to do the

00:20 movie with us, but he fell off." Naturally, this led many to believe Foxx had dropped out of the

00:26 comic book adaptation. However, MovieGasm has since confirmed that the individual McFarlane

00:31 was referring to was a writer and not Foxx. While losing any member of a film's cast or crew is

00:37 disappointed, McFarlane shared a much more positive update on the project last month,

00:42 noting how the success of R-rated comic book movies like Joker and the Deadpool films

00:47 will help his spawn movie move forward by year's end.

00:49 "I'm not the same underneath this suit either."

00:52 "Super penis."

00:56 "Everybody in Hollywood wants an R-rated, dark comic book movie, and Spawn is at the top of

01:02 their list," McFarlane shared at Fan Expo in Vancouver. "The phone calls are coming in fast

01:07 and rapid. I've been talking to a couple of Academy Award people. I've got the investors

01:12 getting lined up. It's changed ever since the Joker from being me begging them to do Spawn,

01:17 dark and creepy. Now to them asking. The filmmaker at it, so I'm telling you it will happen this year,

01:23 this year, and I will direct it. I will be directing it."

01:27 Foxx signed on for Spawn in May of 2018 after apparently pursuing the role for years.

01:32 "I had done all my research on Spawn," he said soon after he was cast. "I know everything about

01:37 the character and what he had done. He was taken aback. I said, 'Whatever you decide to do,

01:42 I want to be first up.' And what I tried to do is stay artistically in shape."

01:46 McFarlane first announced his plans to make a Spawn reboot film in July 2017,

01:52 with Jason Blumhouse producing. McFarlane has repeatedly stated that he wants to both write

01:57 and direct the film and give it an R rating. "It has to be rated R. There's no debate around that,"

02:03 McFarlane shared in an interview. "With the story I want to tell, my intent goes back to that Spawn

02:08 cloud. I am less concerned about what happens in the movie as long as Spawn is cool and badass.

02:14 The last demand is that I am the director. That's it. Everything else is up for conversation."

02:19 Are you excited to see Jamie Foxx still cast as Spawn? Let us know your thoughts in the comments

02:24 below. Be sure to check out MovieGasm.com. My name is Blaine, and we appreciate you sticking

02:30 around until the end.

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