Spawn

If you know one thing about Blumhouse Productions boss Jason Blum, it’s that the man knows how to finance excellent horror movies. From Hush to Split to Get Out, Blumhouse has built a reputation as a destination for talented low-budget genre filmmakers, and the success of this past year  —  and the studio’s upcoming Halloween sequel  —  should only vault the studio to new heights. Part of what makes this formula work is the studio’s dedication to artistic freedom: while Blum is notorious for his rigid approach to production costs, as long as you are able to deliver under-budget, you’ll be given a chance to make something with your stamp on it.

When it was announced on Friday that Todd McFarlane would be writing and directing his own Spawn movie for Blumhouse, the non-Weeknd portion of the internet responded with a fair amount of skepticism. Sure, everyone has fond memories of reading Spawn comic books when they were in their teens, but how exactly would an R-rated, low-budget Spawn film stand out from the crowd of bigger and badder superhero movies? Not to mention the fact that McFarlane himself would be directing despite any feature film experience; his entire body of work as a director consists of four music videos shot eight-plus years ago.

Blumhouse Productions is killing it recently. The production company behind The Purge, Get Out, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Split has been racking up a new slate of horror and horror-adjacent films lately (there’s going to be a Purge 4), and the company will continue their hot streak with a new Spawn movie.

With studios green-lighting every superhero property they can think of in search of the next big blockbuster franchise  —  just what the heck is a Max Steel anyways? — it’s kind of surprising that we haven’t seen a Spawn remake. Not only is Todd McFarlane’s character one of the biggest comic book characters to be created in the last twenty years, he is also one of the few prominent black superheroes (anti-superheroes?) to have already gotten his own movie adaptation. Diversity that comes with an R-rating? Just tell the suits that it’s Deadpool-meets-Black Panther and watch the dollar signs come rolling in.

It's no secret that that 1997 film adaptation of the 'Spawn' comic books is something of a cinematic abomination, so you can't blame fans for getting excited every time someone brings up the possibility of the character getting a second shot at the big screen. After countless false starts and dead-ends over the years, it looks like they may be finally getting their wish: creator Todd MacFarlane cl

Jamie Foxx will be flexing his supervillain muscles next summer as Electro in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2', but it seems as though he's already got his eyes on another comic-book property: a reboot of Todd McFarlane's 'Spawn'. So, how close is this to actually happening?

Remember the '90s when we all thought Spawn was so cool? This cosplayer shows us that the hellacious hero still is.