Ah, the 1997 Spawn, a feature film adaptation of Todd McFarlane’s awesome Image comic series that came from super genre studio New Line Cinema, and also boasted one of the greatest collaborative soundtracks of all time (Kirk Hammett and Orbit, Marilyn Manson and Sneaker Pimps, Korn and the Chemical Brothers?!) The 17-year-old Brad Miska convinced himself that it was a great movie, but deep down he knew it was a disappointment. Frankly, it was ahead of its time, and carried way too many effects shots for a feature film of its lower budgeted kind.
Nearly 20 years later I think it’s time we admit that we need this remake. It’s destiny. Even McFarlane thinks that in believing a Spawn reboot is a reality, it will eventually become so. I too think that eventually someone will fork over the cash and let McFarlane craft his R-rated vision that is surely going to be better than the disaster that came in 1997.
Still, we all have fond memories of the 90s, Image Comics, and McFarlane’s rock-solid toy lines. And with that, we present a modern take on the Spawn trailer that is somewhat tricking me into believing that it’s better than I remember (spoiler, it’s not). Still, it’s under my skin enough that I’m more than definitely going to be revisiting it sometime soon…maybe that’s the work of Malebolgia?