...Hey...I...kinda like the Spawn film XD
Good for you, like they say, different strokes for different folks, but just know that the vast majority of fans didn't like it, myself included. It was way too campy and cringy for my taste with dull pacing and HORRID CGI, even for its time. The original Diablo on PS1 had better graphics than the CGI effects used to render Hell and Malebolgia in the film, and yes, it's Malebolgia, not Satan in the comics even though they're the same person.
Here's hoping Todd McFarlane will get his hard R reboot off the ground so we could maybe one day, hopefully? get a true adaptation that nails the character like Deadpool, Logan and Joker (watch the animated series to see how Spawn should be done), but I'm not exactly holding my breath, he's been saying he's been working on it for well over a decade at this point and still has nothing to show for it after all this time, even when it picked up steam following Deadpool's mega success in 2017. I'm also feeling kinda iffy about a first time writer AND director for it, and yes, he is technically a first-time writer, he's written comics, which is a whole different medium from screenplays. It probably also explains the numerous production delays, and this was true before the pandemic, so I'm not ready to blame it on Covid. Personally, I'd say he should just let someone else direct it and agree to co-write and produce it so he still has creative input while letting someone more experienced behind the camera shoot it, or shoot it together. This is where I'm most concerned with his planned reboot: he can have all the right ideas for a Spawn movie, but if he can't direct his actors (BTW, Jamie Foxx is a great choice for Spawn/Al Simmons, hopefully he sticks around), then it's essentially meaningless, see: Simon Kinberg with his directorial debut on X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Granted, that movie had a whole host of issues, but having a rookie director onboard surely didn't help. Then again, it worked for Tim Miller on Deadpool, so maybe I'm overreacting?
I also just watched Prisoners again on DVD, such a great movie from top to bottom. Hugh Jackman acts his ass off with a well-paced, written AND directed film from start to finish. Never a dull moment, everybody shines. I especially loved the three way dynamic between Hugh's character (Keller Dover), Jake Gyllenhall and Paul Dano. Even when it has to follow multiple characters in the same arc, it never loses steam, if only it were that simple with Spider-Man 3, lol.
