“Spawn” The Inferno hero born from the figure bubble, what is his twisted charm?

The long and difficult road from Inferno

The years following the release of Spawn were difficult for MacFarlane. "McFarlane Toys", which reached its peak of prosperity, has seen its friends who supported Image Comics move their main battlefield to major companies such as DC and Marvel, and the sculptor who was the core of McFarlane Toys was taken over by a rival company. The "bubble" phenomenon gradually ended.

However, the comic `` Spawn '' continues to be very popular, and McFarlane Toys continues to release high quality figures. The bubble may have burst, but the company has always been producing content that has a strong foundation, and its fans never left.

Also, although the movie ``Spawn'' may be perceived as a ``failure'' these days, it was able to draw audiences to theaters to the extent that it could be called a hit at the box office, and it is one of the main films based on American comics. It has also been demonstrated that the audience for the series is not just children who are exposed to American comics through anime, but middle and high school students who read American comics. In a sense, this result served as a ``test case'' for the following year's ` `Blade '' (1998), a similar horror action film based on an American comic.

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The success of ``Blade'' led to Sam Raimi's `` Spider -Man'' (2002), `` X-Men '' (2000), and then the MCU. In other words, without the movie ``Spawn,'' American comic book movies might not have been revived in its current form.

the current. MacFarlane is working on a remake of ``Spawn,'' with producer Spawn Blum of Blum House, a production company that produces masterpieces of horror/action films. Jamie Foxx from `` Django Unchained '' (2012) will play the lead role, Al Simmons/ Spawn, and Jeremy Renner will play Twitch, a detective who understands Spawn. Jason Blum's conditions for the remake were that MacFarlane himself should direct the movie and that it be rated R.

The darling who brought about a revolution in the comic book and figure worlds returns to the film world. Moreover, he is returning as the director of a work that was released from the rating of Kubiki.

Probably with the craziest squid figure ever.

Text: Samurai Isao

Designer by profession, film writer by profession. He is working hard to promote Indian films in Japan.

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