SPAWN Reboot will be a Horror Movie

Todd McFarlane’s comic creation SPAWN has had the misfortune of having been picked up for a movie adaptation in a time when superhero movies were not yet fully accepted by the mainstream and by big studio executives as a material for a good serious movie. the 1997 adaptation of SPAWN was ridiculous, silly, dull, and bastardized McFarlane's creation.

A movie reboot of SPAWN has been talked about for many years, first as a sequel to the 1997 movie which starred Michael Jai White in the lead role, then later as a full reboot. Now it seems that Spawn could be the R-rated anti-hero to lead the comic book bad boy revolution, as McFarlane says that he’s set deadlines to turn in a script by the end of the year, and to begin filming in 2014. [hit the jump to continue]

Jamie Foxx Wants to be Spawn

Among the superheroes created in the 1990s, SPAWN is probably the one that embodies and stands as the posterboy for 90's comics; irreverent, hardcore, mysterious, and can sometimes be seen armed with really big guns. It was adapted into an immensely disappointing movie in the late 90s. Ever since that time, its creator Todd McFarlane has been working hard to redeem his creation and get a serious, hard-R-rating SPAWN movie. It looks like his chances of getting it made will be faring well this time, because Jamie Foxx has publicly expressed his wishes to take on the role of Spawn, if a new movie is to be made. Jamie Foxx has been aggressively pursuing the reboot. Will this be the push needed to get an R-Rated Spawn into theaters? [read the full article after the jump]