#Is Todd McFarlane Gearing Up For A Spawn Cinematic Universe?

Adding to his multi-hyphenate, McFarlane has launched a television development and production arm of his McFarlane Films, which has a first-look deal with wiip productions. “Having been in development with Jason Blum at Blumhouse, along with attaching Jamie Foxx on a potential Spawn movie franchise, other opportunities both in film and television came forward which led to this expansion in entertainment,” McFarlane said.

When asked if there was a possibility of a “Spawn” television/cinematic universe, McFarlane agreed that it’s possible, saying:

It’s possible. It’s the question I keep asking people. Marvel did it. DC did it. Can it be done again? I don’t know. But let’s just be clear. DC started theirs in the ’30s, 1930s. Marvel started theirs in 1960. So, they’ve had 50-, 60-year head starts. It’s not like it’s going to happen overnight, but if you’re looking for properties that are out there that are superhero that are intertwined, or whatever else, and you want to base it on sales and branding and how it’s done over the years, at the top of the chart, it’s “Spawn” and his world, right now, and nothing is close. Nothing is close.

After the success of the comic, “Spawn” was adapted into an Emmy award-winning animated television series that aired on HBO from 1997 to 1999 with Keith David voicing the titular character. In 1997, a film adaptation featured Michael Jai White as Spawn, making him the first Black American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture. 

If there’s any good in this world, McFarlane will be given the opportunity to launch his “Spawn” cinematic universe.