Scott Silver (“Joker”), Malcolm Spellman (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and rising scribe Matt Mixon are teaming to pen a new script for the “Spawn” film adaptation at Blumhouse.
The project, based on Todd McFarlane’s comic book, has been in development for at least five years. Jamie Foxx remains attached to star as the antihero was first introduced in the comics in 1992.
McFarlane had been keen to direct himself from a previous script he wrote himself. Now though, he acknowledges he may not be the right person to direct, telling THR:
“If we’ve got an A-list actor, A-list producers, A-list writers, then do you want to shoot for A-list directors, A-list cinematographers? The answer is, ‘Of course.’ Let’s keep the momentum going.”
Spellman says in a statement: “Myself, Matt Mixon, and Scott Silver are pledged to honoring what Todd started and what Spawn is at its core, delivering something that’s relevant and edgy and unlike any other superhero movie out there.”
In the comics, Spawn is a former black-ops agent who makes a deal with a demon after being betrayed and killed.
The demon allows him to return to Earth, but when he returns, five years have passed, his wife has moved on and he roams Earth as a disfigured spawn of hell.
“Spawn” has previously been adapted to the screen as both an acclaimed animated HBO series, and a not-so-acclaimed 1997 New Line film.
