Is the King Spawn movie ever coming out? Creator Todd McFarlane gives fans a long-awaited update on the upcoming Blumhouse Productions Film.
Spawn is, without a doubt, one of the biggest independent comic book characters in history. This is why fans got so excited when Todd McFarlane announced that the character would be headed back to the silver screen in 2025. The project is expected to star Jamie Foxx as the titular hero, with Jeremy Renner reportedly set to appear as Detective “Twitch” Williams, and it will be produced in collaboration with horror juggernaut Blumhouse Productions.
However, two months into 2025, there’s been no movement on filming for the King Spawn movie, let alone a concrete release date from Blumhouse Productions. When asked about the status of the film in an exclusive chat with Heroic Hollywood, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane himself didn’t seem to have a firm answer for when the project would finally hit the big screen.
“You know, I I’m not I’m not familiar enough with Hollywood to understand the lead times, right? We’re already into 2025, so by the time you know, we get that script done, we get the the sale done, you get the budget, you find your location. The chances of anything happening in 2025 is like almost nothing, right?”
“So now the question becomes, can you even then get it done and produced and edit it and they still have slots open somewhere in 2026, right? Because again, it’s just looking at it on its face, you know, it might be a good Halloween type release, right? But if people have that, then all of a sudden they say things like, oh, we gotta wait till the next Halloween. You know, these release, like, all of a sudden can jump a year very quickly.”
“So we’ll we’ll see. right? I mean, again, it Jason Blum like said, it told me plenty of time. ‘Todd and I get down when it gets done,’ right? And it’s a frustrating but truism of that industry.”
Is The King Spawn Movie Dead At Blumhouse?
This news may be disappointing to fans who have been following the King Spawn movie ever since it was announced an entire decade ago in 2015. Given the project has been under the umbrella of Blumhouse Productions since 2017, some fans are worried that they may not be the best partners to bring the character back to the world of feature films. However, it seems Todd McFarlane is still completely confident in Jason Blum’s ability to make a hit.
“Yeah, I’ve got a good relationship with Jason [Blum] and I mean, again, I haven’t dealt with the big mechanism of Blumhouse yet, because we haven’t sort of got underway. So, hopefully, I mean, you know, he about a year and a half ago or whatever, joined forces with James Wan to sort of expand the base.”
“I know I’ve known Jason for a while now. I know that besides he’s just really, really good at doing what he does in the horror market. He also has done some really and has aspirations to do much more than just horror, right? Outside of it, and again, he’s had, I think, three, four movies nominated for [an] Academy Award that are that you wouldn’t necessarily call traditional sort of horror movie stuff.”
“So I think it at his core, Jason is a filmmaker, and he wants to make good movies for people to entertain them. And his group of people are very ambitious, so yeah, we continue we continue to have a good relationships, so just like anything else, right? You hang out with people that you like until you don’t.”
It’s important to note that Jason Blum and Blumhouse Productions have a history of holding films back until they’re completely sure of their quality. The best example of this is the Five Nights At Freddy’s movie, which was first acquired by the studio in 2017, six years prior to its 2023 release. So while King Spawn may not be coming anytime soon, Todd McFarlane seems certain it will in fact hit theaters…. eventually!
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