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Todd McFarlane Says His Spawn Movie is Gaining Supporters After the Success of Joker


Todd McFarlane's Spawn movie, which he is supposedly writing and directing, has been in limbo for quite a while. The movie gained a lot of attention for the fact that he's working so closely on it, along with the involvement of high-profile actors like Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner. We're not sure if the movie will start filming anytime soon or if it will even come out but McFarlane said he's been getting plenty of feelers recently, which he accredits to Joker.

Speaking with Newsarama, McFarlane said that his phone started getting a ton of messages after Joker proved that R-Rated comic book movies can make a ton of money. This is an odd statement since Deadpool has made a ton of money and its two films are R-Rated but we're not here to be mean to this comic book legend.

"When I was at New York Comic Con, Joker came out and Hollywood has a penchant for looking at what works, then doing it 10 times over. This movie opened up, then made a billion dollars which is still 33% bigger than any other R-rated movie in the history of cinema. So, Hollywood is on the go for R-rated comic book stuff, right? The phone has been ringing and I've got lots of people thinking about Spawn now."

McFarlane also said that there could be a big announcement next month in regards to the Spawn movie, so fans have that to look forward to. It's too soon to hope for an actual shooting schedule and release date but one can dream. Here's hoping McFarlane and the Hollywood elite can compromise on something to get what they want.

Spawn currently has no release date.

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