So after delaying the news by an extra day, we have Todd's big announcement regarding the Spawn movie which is that it has found new writers in Scott Silver, Malcolm Spellman and Matt Mixon. Jamie Foxx is still attached to the project to be Spawn while Jeremy Renner who was supposed to play Twitch is up in the air depending on how things come together with the new draft. The final piece of news is that Todd, who wrote a previous draft of the script, and had been eyeing to be the director of the film is looking to take a step back given the new writing team saying - "If we’ve got an A-list actor, A-list producers, A-list writers, then do you want to shoot for A-list directors, A-list cinematographers?” The answer is, ‘Of course.’ Let’s keep the momentum going.”
The entire story can be viewed here -
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...xx-1235232458/
Overall, glad we got some movement on the project given it has been in Blumhouse since 2017. With respect to the new writing team, Scott Silver co-wrote Joker and The Fighter which I enjoyed those films and he also wrote 8 Mile, Malcolm Spellman was executive producer and wrote for The Falcon & Winter Soldier show which I thought was the weakest of the 3 Marvel shows I've seen so far (the others being Wandavision and season 1 of Loki) but I thought it was still decent if rushed and could have explored a lot more along with having done Bel-Air and Empire, and Matt Mixon has written 2 shorts and a documentary so I'm unfamiliar with him. An interesting group though that hopefully can keep things going. However, I can't believe it took Todd 5 years to realize he should not be directing this having no movie directing experience under him along with the countless things he has going on from the books, the toys, and other collaborations. Given the plethora of amazing directors, especially in the horror genre just looking at this year alone, he really should have realized that a long time ago. Definitely, he should have a seat at the table, but trying to get a David Bruckner, Mike Flanagan, James Wan, etc... that are well known in the horror genre while still doing solid action (and I believe will have respect for the character and franchise) I think should have been the plan from the start. Hopefully, they'll get someone good.