We are all still waiting for the much talked aboutSpawnreboot that someday will (hopefully) come. Until then, the only thing we have to get us by, outside of the comics and teh HBO animates series, is the 1997Spawnmovie, which most of us would like to forget. Fortunately, a YouTuber has given us a new take on the 1997 version of the movie which makes us even more excited about the possibility of a newSpawnmovie.
A fan by the name ofTim Gonzalesrecently uploaded a new version of the 1997Spawnmovie trailer to hisYouTubechannel. Even though he only used footage from the movie as we know it, somehow, he made it look totally and completely modern, not to mention awesome. Granted, some elements still look dated, but he completely avoided using any of the utterlyridiculous elementsof the movie that made it less than great. Instead, this is a tease of what could have been and what very well may be in the future, to some degree.
The original attempt to bringTodd McFarlane’sSpawnto the big screen wasn’t exactly a home run. It really wasn’t even a base hit, if we’re being honest. Not only did the movie underperform at the box office, bringing in a total of $87 million from a $40 million production budget, but it is not considered to be a good movie by fans or critics. The movie currently has an abysmal 19 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a terrible 37 percent audience approval. To put it another way,Gonzaleshas really managed to polish a turd.
For years now, creatorTodd McFarlanehas talked a lot about the long-in-developmentrebootofSpawn, but nothing solid has ever materialized. We recently got an update on the movie from the man himself on AMC’sGeeking Out, which sounds really interesting and very different from the original. Here is what he had to say about it.
“You’re never going to see a dude in a rubber suit….This is going to be my Jaws shark. In the background, there’s this thing moving around, thisboogeyman. That boogeyman just happens to be something that you and I, intellectually, know is Spawn. Will he look like he did in the first movie? No. Will he have a super villain he fights? No. He’s going to be the spectre, the ghost.”
Unfortunately, he didn’t offer any word on when we can expect theSpawn Rebootor how far along it is. So we are going to have to wait to see theJawsversion ofSpawnthatTodd McFarlaneis promising. In the meantime, you should definitely check outTim Gonzales' modern version of the 1997Spawnmovie trailer for yourself.
