UGO has just run a new interview up with Todd McFarlane where he talks about a new possible "Spawn" movie, his new TV show for Fox, and their plans for a new adult animated series several years on from the acclaimed HBO show:
Is it [ new series] using continuity from the Spawn cartoon or is it all new?
TODD: There are some wink winks to the first three seasons but the story essentially picks up five to six years later. Essentially Spawn has gone dormant, so no one has seen or heard from him in a while and then something happens which wakes him up. To me it's the reinvention of Spawn. I'm less concerned with the continuity of it as I am as using it as a bridge to the story I am writing for the live-action movie. That one is sort of devoid of all comic book stuff. It's a true spook movie in the vein of The Exorcist, or more recently with a movie like The Grudge or something like that. It's not like anyone is running around in costumes, there are no superpowers or villains but more of a scarefest. There is only one scary thing in those movies and this case it would just be Spawn. There is no Clown and there is no Violator. None that stuff. There is a boogeyman in the midst of a movie like LA Confidential. How would LA Confidential be different if shadows are moving.
Will Spawn look the same?
TODD: Not really. Ultimately, you never get a big giant look at him because he's a ghost. All of sudden you turn and there is nothing there. I use Jaws as inspiration in a weird way. You don't really see him in the first attack or the next couple of attacks. It wasn't until a little later you see his mouth and some of the other stuff. The more I show him the less scary he will be so he will be more like a force of nature. There was this movie a few years ago called Jacob's Ladder, so it will have creepy elements like that. We'll see if anyone wants any of that. Part of it is that no one wants to give us $70 million for the second movie. I can't think big extravaganza so I have to go down low and keep the budget under $20 million. Which means no special effects, which is ok, because then it becomes a scary suspense movie that hopefully I can get you to jump out of your seat a few times.
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Thanks to 'Dave'
