The Spawn franchise is finally having another go at live-action: A brand-new TV show based on the classic comic book has just been announced, and is set to star two of the universe's most popular characters.
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane is working with production house wiip, the same studio that just gave us the critically acclaimed HBO drama Mare Of Easttown. Their new show won't actually focus on Spawn himself, however - it'll be an adaptation of Spawn spinoff Sam & Twitch, the supernatural defectives who were first given their own comic book series in 1999 after proving such a massive hit in the original books.
This isn't the first time Spawn has attempted to make it outside of comic books, of course. Take a look at the trailer for the 1997 movie below!
As reported by IGN, the new show is being put together by Jason Smilovic and Todd Katzber (Codnor, The Cipher) alongside McFarlane and wiip's Paul Lee and Mark Roybal. There are no details on casting just yet, but it's early days.
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McFarlane also hinted that more Spawn-related announcements are in the pipeline "Oh no. This will not be our only announcement in the near future. Let me just say that," he told IGN.
We're assuming this means he'll also finally have some more news to share about the long-gestating Spawn movie reboot. The character first hit the big screen in 1997, but it wasn't quite the hit anyone was hoping for. Given how far technology has come over the last few decades, a live-action Spawn could certainly look as good as it deserves to now, with plenty of special effects, terrifying demons, and crunchy gore.
For now, we look forward to the adventures of Sam & Twitch, a duo that McFarlane has been trying to get on TV for years now. According to IGN, Kevin Smith was once attached to create just such a show for the BBC, but it turns out the pandemic was what really got the ball rolling on this latest attempt.
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"It forced everybody to just concentrate on ideas and story and content ... instead of production," the writer explains of the last year. "Because that all got shut down for a while. There was five, six months where almost nothing was being made in Hollywood. And so the focus was on writing, reading scripts... and looking for ideas."
Featured Image Credit: New Line Cinema / Todd McFarlane