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This Modern ‘Spawn’ Trailer Could Trick Me Into Watching it Again
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?
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‘Ebenezer’ Official Trailer – Ti West Turns Johnny Depp into ‘A Christmas Carol’ Icon Scrooge
Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) is back with the upcoming Ebenezer starring Johnny Depp, a fresh new take on the classic tale of A Christmas Carol from Charles Dickens.
Johnny Depp will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s Ebenezer, and Paramount is bringing the film to theaters on November 13, 2026. Watch the official trailer down below.
The tagline? “The name you know. The story you don’t.”
Andrea Riseborough (Possessor), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), Tramell Tillman (“Severance”), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter franchise), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars franchise), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise), Charlie Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), and Ellie Bamber (“Willow”) also star.
Deadline had detailed in a recent report, “This version, a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, follows one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance. Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman to executive produce.”
Nathaniel Halpern wrote the adaptation for Ti West to direct.
Written by Charles Dickens, the classic tale of A Christmas Carol has been adapted for the screen countless times over the years, with notable film adaptations including Scrooge (1951) starring Alastair Sim, Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney, A Christmas Carol (1984) starring George C. Scott, Scrooged (1988) starring Bill Murray, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) starring Michael Caine, and A Christmas Carol (2009) starring Jim Carrey.
A Christmas Carol is classically a period piece ghost story. As Luiz H.C. wrote here on Bloody Disgusting, “Isn’t it weird how the single most influential piece of Christmas-related media is technically a horror story? One can even make the argument that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol paved the way for the rise of Victorian Spiritualism during the following decade.”
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