Summary
- The Spawn reboot has been titled King Spawn.
- A new logo was revealed for the King Spawn movie as well.
- Development of King Spawn has spanned over two decades, with Blumhouse confirming active development in 2020.
The title of the new Spawn comics were created by Todd McFarlane and originally released in 1992. The character has already been brought to the big screen once before. The new reboot has been in the works for years, but was not confirmed to be in active development until 2020, when Blumhouse confirmed its status.
King Spawn: Confirmation, Cast, Story & Everything We Know
A Spawn reboot movie is coming from Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse with Jamie Foxx playing the titular hellish antihero - here's everything we know.
Now, McFarlane offers key updates on the Spawn movie, including the title and logo. According to the comics' creator, the reboot film will now be titled King Spawn. The post also revealed a bit of the new logo, with the King Spawn text written in a hand drawn-looking black font.
While the logo and title were revealed, McFarlane did not reveal any further information surrounding the development of King Spawn. The cover page did list the writers as Matt Mixon, Malcolm Spellman, and Scott Silver, but did not reveal any information surrounding the release date or new casting for the film.
King Spawn's Long Path To Development Explained
The Spawn Movie Was First Announced In 1998
King Spawn will not be the first time that the beloved comics have received screen time. They were first adapted into a three-season adult animated series that debuted in 1997. That same year, Spawn was made into a live-action movie of the same name. The live-action film was not well-received; it got poor reviews and underperformed at the box office. As a result, the latest Spawn reboot will attempt to recover from this rocky adaptation past.
The first live-action Spawn movie holds a 17% critic score and 36% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
After the first live-action movie and the debut of the animated show, a reboot of Spawn was first announced all the way back in 1998. For years, the announced film sat in development hell, with no studio attached to make the project. Things shifted nearly 20 years later, when Blumhouse became attached to the project in 2017. It was not until even three years after that, however, that Blumhouse confirmed that the Spawn reboot was in active development, and later revealed that it would star Jamie Foxx.
Since then, the release date for Spawn has been stated as some time in 2025. The most recent update from McFarlane makes it seem likelier that said release date could indeed come to fruition, as the movie is finally on its way to production. Hopefully, more updates will be on their way soon in order to confirm that King Spawn is finally arriving after over two decades of development.
Source: Todd McFarlane/Twitter
Spawn is an action-adventure horror reboot of the comic book property created by Todd McFarlane. Spawn was initially adapted for film in 1997, starring Michael Jai White in the lead role. Spawn first appeared in Image Comics in 1992 and has received much acclaim in the years since. Spawn appears on several "greatest comic book characters" lists. In 2015, McFarlane announced his intentions to make a reboot, which would be R-rated and star Jamie Foxx as the titular anti-hero.
- Studio(s)
- Blumhouse Productions, McFarlane Films
- Distributor(s)
- Blumhouse Productions
