Todd McFarlane says new Spawn animated series discussions are “heating up”

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

There has been a lot of SPAWN talk lately. With Jamie Foxx discussing why he decided to do the new SPAWN reboot to creator Todd McFarlane teasing big unannounced names that are also in the film, it seems like there is a resurgence for the character on the horizon. Now McFarlane is starting to tease that another Spawn animated series is being discussed and he says the talks are "heating up."

McFarlane was recently a guest on Joe Q's Mornin' Warm Up with Marvel's Joe Quesada and during that conversation, the Spawn animated series was brought up and McFarlane revealed that there have been some big conversations about a new one happening:

"I was having a conversation about animation yesterday with a pretty big animation house. So those topics are heating up. I know that people are saying that, 'Todd, you talk a lot about the movie and the Hollywood stuff and nothing's really happening', and that's not true. Especially with production being shut down."

McFarlane has been hinting at animation being a big part of his company's future and it most recently popped up during a virtual panel recorded for this year's Comic-Con@Home. It was there that McFarlane revealed that they have been having a lot of discussions centered on animated projects, mostly because they can still be produced from a distance due to the pandemic. The projects discussed weren't all Spawn specific but I would imagine that property would be a priority. 

"On the TV front, nobody is making TV so there are writers, and directors, and producers that normally, you couldn't get them on the phone. We are doing Zoom meetings two or three times a day with all of them.. I've dusted off every idea that I've had. I've shown them other ideas that have come out from Image. I don't care where they say yes. We just had a big call yesterday, I've gotta do a follow-up with it, with a bunch of kid's programs. Because, again, you can do animation from a distance. You can't do a big $100 million action movie. You can still do Pixar. You can still do kid's programming… All of it is getting developed. We just signed some writers to a TV project."

The original Spawn animated series had a pretty successful run on TV. HBO aired Spawn: The Animated Series for three years beginning in 1997, the same year that the original live-action film was released. A total of 18 episodes aired across three seasons and it achieved critical acclaim, unlike its live-action counterpart. I think another animated series could have a very healthy life, especially on a streaming service so if talks are really heating up, I'm all for it.

Would YOU want to see a new Spawn animated series?