Back in the mystical time known as “the 90′s” a guy by the name of Todd McFarlane decided that he was sick of drawing Spider-Man comics so he started his own comic company with some other guys. He then went on to create…not a whole lot, but he did make a character called Spawn, who was a demon guy who had a big cape and could make chains appear out of thin air. It was a big success for a while, but then a live-action movie was made and it lacked the edge that the comic had (like naked people and gore) so it failed. Spawn was defeated.
Well, it looks like Todd has decided to get back up on the demon horse. According to Coming Soon, he has begun writing a screenplay for a new SPAWN movie. He says that this new movie won’t be a redo or a continuation of the other movie, but will just be a stand-alone story…hopefully with naked people and gore.
My suggestion would be to take this news with a grain of salt, or a mound of salt if you can find one. Don’t go out of your way to find a mound of salt though, beyond this particular instance, it wouldn’t really come in handy. It’s not that I don’t trust McFarlane (I’m sure he is actually working on a screenplay), it’s just that it takes more than a screenplay to actually get a movie made…like money, for instance.
I like Spawn though; I remember watching the cartoon that was on HBO back in the day and it was really awesome. It always puzzled me why they sissified the story for the big movie, but I guess they just wanted to make sure they were able to get the children in the seats. I was also puzzled why the devil’s mouth never moved in the film (it just hung there like a dishwasher door). Another go-around definitely wouldn’t be a bad thing.
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