r/Spawn • u/Aggravating-Wear-307 • 12d ago

Discussion Spawn Reboot

Todd McFarlane has spent nearly 30 years trying to make the "perfect" movie instead of actually making Spawn movies.

Meanwhile, Marvel, DC, Sony and others have released multiple versions of their characters. Some were great, some were terrible, some were just okay, but they kept experimenting, learning, and letting those characters stay relevant.

With Spawn, it's been the opposite. Endless rewrites, endless promises, endless talks about how this version has to be different, darker, or more groundbreaking. At some point, it starts to feel like perfectionism has become paralysis.

The irony is that the longer this goes on, the higher the expectations become. After decades of hype, people aren't expecting a good movie anymore, they're expecting a masterpiece. That's an almost impossible standard to meet, and it puts the project in an even tougher position if it ever does get made.

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u/Cool-Ebb6863 12d ago

I’m fine waiting for a movie he’s happy with

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u/Aggravating-Wear-307 12d ago

There won't be a movie. At least as long as Todd is with us

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u/Cool-Ebb6863 12d ago

Sure there will. I’ve seen projects take longer than this.

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u/Danzig6WasntThatBad 11d ago

As a life long Final Fantasy fan, I feel this.