Back in May,
Todd McFarlane claimed he had
"five offers on the table" from different studios offering him the chance to make a new movie based on the
Spawn comic book character he created in the 90's. The offer he was leaning towards was a smaller sized and more character driven/adult themed picture. Well today,
McFarlane has announced he is to officially begin writing the screenplay of what will be
"neither a recap or continuation"of the 1997 film adaptation flop, and is instead described as a
"standalone story that will be R-rated. Creepy and scary." This would keep in line with McFarlane's previous claims that he wanted this picture to avoid the general conception of a superhero good guy vs. a superhero baddie. It's my guess, he wants to make a movie like
The Punisher in tone. Though McFarlane himself name-drops
The Departed. I've never seen
Spawn or read any of the comics material... so I got nothing on this one. I was hoping you guys could enlighten me on whether this is a movie that is worth tracking.