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‘Spawn’ is Going to Be Darker and More Violent Than ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Logan’!
The legendary Todd McFarlane continues the lengthy battle to bring Spawn back to the big screen. A remake is something he’s been developing for years, promising a “hard ‘R'” adaptation allegedly about the Boogeyman, and in the vein of a horror film.
“I’d put it more into horror/suspense/supernatural genre,” he told Peel the Orange back in February. “In the background, there’s this thing moving around, this boogeyman. That boogeyman just happens to be something that you and I, intellectually, know is Spawn. Will he look like he did in the first movie? No. Will he have a supervillain he fights? No. He’s going to be the spectre, the ghost.”
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And every single time an R-rated film breaks the box office, McFarlane appears to jump on its coattails. This past weekend, Fox saw yet another R-rated superhero movie destroy everything in its path. Logan, riding off the success of Deadpool, is another bloody and violent blockbuster. McFarlane, speaking to the Emerald City Comicon audience, brings up both films as examples of just how far he’s going to move the bar. If Deadpool was violent, and Logan was even more violent, Spawn is going to break right off the scale. “If here’s PG-13 and here’s Deadpool and here’s Logan, we’re going to be here,” he stated, using his hands to show just how far he plans to take it.
The biggest sell, however, is that he’s taking Spawn to a place he calls a “dark-R rating.”
I’m really happy that McFarlane isn’t selling out and taking any offer that comes his way, it sounds as if he wants to get this right and leave a legacy like none other…not that he hasn’t already.
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‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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