Blumhouse and Todd McFarlane’s Spawn movie finally has an official title: King Spawn.
Jason Blum’s horror movie company revealed the title along with what seems to be part of a logo in a post on X/Twitter today. It’s little to go off of in terms of what story the latest Spawn movie plans to tell, but it’s at least a solid update that the project is still on track.
— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) July 22, 2024
McFarlane has been working to get another Spawn movie off the ground for a long, long time. The original live-action anti-hero film premiered in 1997, and the comic book creator has been interested in a follow-up since. He talked to us about his movie plans as far back as 2005, but his work on the project has continued in the years that followed.
He went on to confirm a new movie was still in development in 2016, with Blumhouse announcing its involvement in 2017 and confirmation that Django Unchained actor Jamie Foxx was on board to star arriving in 2018. Though positive Spawn updates continued through the following years, Blum announced in 2020 that they were taking a new direction with its script. McFarlane then announced in September 2023 that the team was “nearing the finish line,” adding that he had seen 80 pages of its new script. In October, Blum and McFarlane confirmed that they are anticipating a 2025 release date for King Spawn.
“My original plan has gotten tripped up a bit," McFarlane told ComicBook.com last year. "We're bringing on A-list people. Not just one, but multiple A-list people... What they're not going to want is to do a cheap, low-budget movie with all of these big-name people on it. That's not why they're signing up. They're not looking for a big extravaganza. But, they're also not looking for an 8 million dollar horror movie budget."
King Spawn is written by Matt Mixon, Malcolm Spellman, and Scott Silver. No specific release date has been revealed yet, but if all goes according to plan, then it shouldn’t be too long before Blumhouse reveals more details.
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