After playing Spawn in the 1997 film of the same name, actor Michael Jai White has expressed hesitancy over the movie’s reported reboot. According to ComicBook.com, White recognized the character’s creator and artist Todd McFarlane on his pursuit of getting the film off the ground, but he’s unsure as to what impact Spawn will have.
“I don’t know anything about it. He’s been talking about a reboot of Spawn for 20 years,” White said. “I think he will continue talking about it, because people listen. I don’t understand it, personally. I wish him the best of luck. But, Todd explained to me that this will be a character that you didn’t see. You never see the character. It’s just a character that’s scarcely on film. Personally, I don’t get it.”
Spawn, formerly known as Al Simmons (an assassin who was killed and sent to Hell), was commissioned by the underworld’s lord to lead Hell’s army in a battle against Heaven in exchange for seeing his wife and child again. The plot takes several turns depicting a series of deceitful actions, betrayal, and revenge.
A possible Spawn reboot adds to this year’s steady reveal of films from the ’90s and 2000s receiving the remake treatment. So far, Aladdin, Charlie’s Angels, and The Lion King plus more have been reimagined. Earlier this year, New Jack City, The Little Mermaid, Clueless, The Matrix, and Set It Off stoked claims of being remade as well.
The news site also claims Spawn recently became comic publishing’s “longest-running independent comic.”