Jamie Foxx will star in “Spawn” with the writers of “Joker” and “Captain America 4”

Nothing has been known about the live-action reboot of ‘Spawn’ for a few months, but now Todd McFarlane, creator of the original comic, has revealed many new features. First, he confirmed that Jamie Foxx will star in the film and, in addition, he added the writers of “Joker” and the upcoming “Captain America 4”, to work on the story of the adaptation.

Though it looked like the project had been forgotten, Todd McFarlene stated on his social networks that fans could be prepared for announcements about ‘to produce’. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has shared all the news on the live-action based on the comic of the same name, which will star Jamie Foxxwho recently appeared in “Spiderman: No Way Home”.

But that’s not all, because together Todd McFarlanejoin a group of writers who have worked on several upfront projects. Scott Silver, screenwriter of ‘joker’and’ The fighter, Malcolm Spellmann from ‘The Hawk and the Winter Soldier’ ​​on Disney + e ‘captain america 4′, and finally Matthew Mixom of’ Yesterday Was Everythin ‘will write’ Spawn. ‘

The same medium states that McFarlane no longer intends to be the director of “Spawn” as he had long planned. “If we have a leading actor, the best producers, the best writers, then you want to target the best directors, the best cinematographers,” Todd said. “The answer is, ‘of course.’ Let’s keep the momentum going. ”

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Meanwhile, development will begin in the coming months and the rest of the “Spawn” cast, which has no release date yet, is expected to be announced. Additionally, Blumhouse, producer known for this year’s ‘Whiplash’, ‘Get Out’ or ‘The Black Phone’, will be in charge of financing the film’s development.

Jeremy Renner, who is best known for his role as Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is also related to “Spawn”, however the role he will play in the story of this adaptation is unknown, but its continuity will depend on the final script to show up. to the film.

Filming on “Spawn” was supposed to begin in 2018, but several rewrites of the script didn’t convince McFarlane. In recent years, Spawn’s character has regained popularity thanks to the crossover with Batman, which continues Frank Miller’s story, so perhaps the adaptation comes at the best time for the character.