A few months before New Line Cinema would bring Todd McFarlane‘s Spawn to the big screen in August of 1997, HBO kicked off an animated series that would run for three seasons. While the “Spawn” comic books are still alive and kicking, McFarlane has been struggling to get his live-action reboot off and running over at Blumhouse.
To add to his plate, McFarlane has revealed that he’s currently developing not one, but two animated rebirths for his Image Comics creation.
“We’re talking right now, McFarlane tells ComicBook.com before elaborating. “I just had a couple of meetings this weekend about a couple of different animation looks, both something that we can get kids in at a younger age and then get them into the sort of crack cocaine version of Spawn. And then do the adult one. So we’re talking about that. I think both of those come after the movie.”
I love that McFarlane is attempting to expand his brand/IP and isn’t putting all his eggs in the feature-film basket. I’d love to see various versions of Spawn, one aimed at children and a fresh interpretation for adults (even though HBO’s is still fantastic). As excited as I am to see Spawn get animated once again, the fact that he’s not expecting movement until after the feature is a bit troubling. Maybe when the film falls apart he’ll divert all of his attention and resources to getting the character back on the small screen, but for now, we wait and wait and wait.
