Who should remake this? - Spawn (1997) Discussion

[–] Wolf1880 16 years ago

Tim Burton. just watch 1989 Batman, Batman Returns, SLeepy Hollow take the feel from those movies and apply them to a Spawn movie and you would have it spot on.

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[–] xmajor 16 years ago

Yeah, except he would probably dye Johnny Depp black and cast him as Al Simmons.

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[–] IMDB-is-for-nerds 16 years ago

lol i wouldn't put it past him

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[–] highmana 16 years ago

Ok, but who do you think should remake this?
That was the question...

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[–] xmajor 16 years ago

I'm not entirely sure.
The fact is, you can never tell who would be best suited at directing something based on the things they've already directed.
Someone could become the next speilberg, or the next Burton after directing only one movie: Or a much better known director could make a movie the critics hate. So it's hard to say.
But I might say Robert Zemeckis, using the motion capture technique to preserve the cartoony look of the comic.
Sorry, don't know too many directors :D

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[–] highmana 16 years ago

You don't know too many directors? Thats what IMDB's made for! ;)
Anyway, 'Spawn' is very dark and very gory and the director need to be depict that and be ok with it, so Robert Zemeckis? Na, don't think so.

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[–] highmana 16 years ago

Len Wiseman?

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[–] xmajor 16 years ago

Seen Beowulf??

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[–] highmana 16 years ago

Yes, and it was not bad, but I don't think the all CGI fest would fit 'Spawn'.
I would prefer to see 'real' actors and sets as well as gory effects a la 'Planet Terror', plus a kind of 'Sin City' aesthetic. I think Rodriguez could do a great job with 'Spawn'. 'Beowulf' is nor dark nor gore.

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[–] xmajor 16 years ago

I thought Guillmero delToro, but he's already made a comic-book movie about a creature from hell.

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[–] soulflyhigh 12 years ago

Which is why he would be perfect. If it was made 12 years ago, Spawn's time has passed.

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[–] NickReasoner 16 years ago

Me!

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[–] SamiCybertron 16 years ago

John Carpenter.

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[–] PCloud76 15 years ago

amen.

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[–] wireless-phil 10 years ago

Carpenter ruined everything he tried to "re-make".

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[–] chuey_the_kid 16 years ago

Bryan Singer (for that larger than life superhero feel): Superman Returns, X2, and the usual Suspects (for those villain skeptics)

Luc Besson: Leon(for this artsie yet graphically violent style)-The Professional (gary oldman shooting up the apartment scene) , Transporter (series producer)

Tony Scott (for that raw dawg feel): Man on fire, True Romance

or finally... and don't judge me for this one but...

M. Night Shyamalan(for musical choices, pure imagination, execution... except for The happening, that was crap): Unbreakable, Signs, and Lady in the water ( i use this movie as an example for the spawn villains)

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[–] gobblegma 16 years ago

David Fincher

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[–] TearFromTheRed 15 years ago

David Fincher is a great choice. He's great at giving films a very dark, atmospheric feel to them. As for who should play spawn...not a clue, maybe Colin Salmon.

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[–] pnayballer10 15 years ago

Get a director thats good at developing characters and don't be to worried about the Art Style.

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[–] TearFromTheRed 15 years ago

once again Fincher is just a great director, who not only has style, but also provides great character development.

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[–] Ilikebrendan1 16 years ago

Rob Zombie He would make it more gruesome and violent and Sexy
I hope John Legizmo should be the clown in the remake if they do cause he kickass and who should Play Spawn hmm that should be someone bigger but know whut he doin so i think that Ken Foree maybe could play spawn but he to old but how bout Tony Todd he play good bad guy and sometime anti-hero's

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[–] SamiCybertron 15 years ago

Darrin Dewitt Henson would be my first choice for Al Simmons, John Leguizamo can stay as Clown because they chose a good actor for that part, Also Ian Mcshane for Jason Wynn & Donald Sutherland for Cogliostro.

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[–] pnayballer10 15 years ago

Darrin Dewitt Henson is a wimpy dancer and not much of an actor. His acting in the Soul Food tv series and Stomp the Yard was terrible. I want a tough looking and talented actor to play Spawn. Like Dijimon Honsou, Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Anthony Mackie. John Leguizamo needs to come back but he needs to be more scary. He wasn't that scary in the last movie.

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[–] krayz93 15 years ago

chuck norris

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[–] gobblegma 15 years ago

chuck norris doesn't remake movies, he remakes your face

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[–] TearFromTheRed 15 years ago

FAIL!

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[–] Devil_Incarnate 15 years ago

Zack Snyder - 300

Stephan Norrington - Blade

Alex Proyas - The Crow

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[–] NiteOwl94 15 years ago

i don't think chuck norris should do ANYTHING! just fade away!
the perfect guys to do this is chris nolan or guillermo del toro, maybe robert rodriguez or the wachowskis.

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[–] mastiffcmdr 15 years ago

James Cameron or JJ Abrams

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[–] meteo87 15 years ago

Alex Proyas with no doubt.

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[–] NiteOwl94 15 years ago

maybe...
i would see it.

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[–] Razor187 15 years ago

Todd McFarlane

or an actual black director might be interesting like Ernest Dickerson or the Hughes bros

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[–] highmana 15 years ago

Did you notice that Spawn was supose to be extremely gore?
Has any of those director done any gore or even horror?

Rob Zombie anyone?

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[–] NiteOwl94 15 years ago

no, rob zombie, is flat out horror, Spawn is still a supernatural superhero action movie
maybe the Brothers Strauss, or...
I think todd mcfarlane is our best bet, he knows what spawn is supposed to be

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[–] popapala-maca-jezik 15 years ago

I believe McFarlane would be the one of the less fortunate choices.
Aside from the fact that he is no director, I reckon he would lose his nerves on the 2nd day of shooting. Especially when dealing with hundreds of frustrations coming from hundreds of people involved. Drawing characters on paper and using one's own imagination to set the mood is one thing, but managing all those things live with actual humans and telling them exactly what you need of them is quite another.Some truly great masters of writing and atmospherics on paper have taken a stab at directing ,and it never turned out well. Character and script-wise, at least.
Frank Miller (The Spirit) and Clive Barker (The Fly 2), to name a few.

Mcfarlane should be kept on set as an advisory prima donna, but they shouldn't give him all the reigns in this one.

As for the choices...IMO, of course.
1. Alex Proyas. Some of you have already mentioned him, and what he did with Dark City would work like a charm with Spawn. At the risk of setting off some begrudged voices out there, The Crow isn't all that good, but even there Proyas shows he can do wonders with atmosphere and actor direction.
Downsides: not on the current Hollywood "hipster-director" list. other than that, no downsides whatsoever. The ideal choice as far as I'm concerned.

2. Henry Selick. The man behind the man (Burton, that is) on The Nightmare Before Christmas and the recent Coraline should get his first, entirely (if there is such a thing nowadays) live-action film. He can be morbid on par with the best of them, has an excellent visual style to him and works marvels with rather tight budgets.
Downsides: Production might take a decade or two, he won't get the job

3. James McTeigue. The student who bettered his teachers (The Wachowskis), as well as the man who directed one of the best comic book films of all time, V For Vendetta. He has a steady hand, the action scenes won't be choppy, but short, well timed and in the best interest of the story. He can conjure up a mesmerising film that will (hopefully) have you talking about the details of the film for some time to come. Another plus is he works really fast, while not sacrificing the though that nneds to be put into every scene.
Downsides: Too dependant on the Wachowskis (production side)

The spice must flow!

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[–] highmana 15 years ago

What about a Sam & Twitch action movie?

Meat Loaf and Guy Pearce

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[–] fullenw 15 years ago

If not Todd McFarlane then Guillermo del Toro or Tim Burton.

Reboot, restart or re-imagining is another word for remake

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[–] BringDatChed 15 years ago

heres one from left field...
How about Ben Affleck direct it? He's starred in a superhero movie, although it wasnt that great. He's a better director than most people think in my opinion. I thought Gone Baby Gone was really good.

Ben Affleck direct!

Or Stephen Norrington. He did blade 1, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.. I think the tone of blade 1 and Spawn are similar.

Spawn could be cast as...??

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[–] thurmanmurman-1 15 years ago

Sam Raimi! Spider-Man plus Evil Dead = Spawn

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[–] The_Friendly_Stranger 15 years ago

Zack Snyder no doubt. 300 and Watchmen were perfect adaptions of their graphic novels, and I think he could do great justice for the Spawn comics. Actor wise, I think John Leguizamo could be a great clown, just a little bit scarier this time around, and Wesley Snipes could be a good Spawn. What do you all think the story should be? A new story or a re-do of the other movie? I think it should limit the backstory ALOT, and focus on Simmons already as Spawn. The target audience of the movie will be fans of the comics, who already know the damn origin story, so keep it to a minimum, enough to tell newbies to the story whats going on. As for the actual story I think it should focus on The Curse(awesome villian imo) and have Sam and Twitch in it as part of the main story, not just a side project who are investigating the crimes occuring, but really involved in what's happening. I don't favour a straight from comics adaption, I think a moderately new story with McFarlane et. al working on the writing would be better. Thoughts?

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[–] highmana 15 years ago

McFarlane shoud not only write the script but also be an advisor on the set and have a say about everything related to the movie.
Snyder then, well I liked '300' and 'Watchmen', but I think that Snyder style is too "clean". I mean his images are just to nice to look at, Spawn need a more realistic treatment, a dirty, gory treatment. Think 'The Devil's Rejects' meet 'The Dark Knight'. I'll say Rob Zombie, Robert Rodriguez or maybe Neil Marshall. And a lot of $$$. And Sam & Twitch.

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[–] theredsock 15 years ago

I like the idea of Stephen Norrington. He's due for a comeback and I really think he could make one hell of a Spawn movie.

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[–] Okcomputer_151 15 years ago

i personally would not have rodiguez or zombie for this film. i find so many comic book apdaptations a bore due to there concentration on having so many sction sequences and there inabillity to stick to the source material. although i suppose sin city was pretty faithful to its source material.

I at first thought zack snyder but how about Guillermo Del Toro. His dark style would suit spawn and he did a decent job with hellboy.

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[–] Telutan03 15 years ago

Why does it need to be remade? It's only 12 years old. I like the film as it is, maybe in several more years they could remake it, but not yet.

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[–] highmana 15 years ago

Well it needs to be remade because it's just awfull and the source material is just great.

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