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Director Confirmed For ‘The Strangers: Part 2’
I hate to get all bitchy and whiny, but we really, really, really push hard to bring you the news first, and when a conglomerate like Variety refuses to drop us credit, it’s infuriating. Last night, they broke what they call “exclusive” news that Laurent Briet will be getting behind the camera for The Strangers: Part 2, a story we reported back in March (yes, four effin’ months ago). But whatever, you guys are here and that’s all that matters. Back on track, shooting begins this fall. Bryan Bertino, who wrote and directed the first film, wrote the sequel. They’re trying to keep the story under wraps, but it takes place in a trailer park, so there ya go. Liv Tyler is said to be returning for the opening scene, although that news has yet to be confirmed. The sequel will be distributed by Rogue, which is wholly owned by Relativity.
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Todd McFarlane Reveals He’s Sitting on Unreleased Animated ‘Spawn’ Movie Starring Keith David
While updates on the Spawn movie from Blumhouse have stalled, Todd McFarlane surprised at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend with the reveal that he’s been sitting on an animated film.
Moreover, the comic creator revealed to Comic Book that his unreleased animated Spawn film is mostly completed, and stars Keith David and Mark Hamill.
McFarlane explained to the outlet that he’s uninterested in expanding upon the 1997 live-action film in series form. That’s when he revealed his animated feature: “I don’t know if I’ve ever said, we developed, we were in the process of developing the return of this Spawn animation a while back. And then we, I got in a fight at the very end with the production and the lawyer, so I just bought it all back.”
The film is mostly ready to go, too.
“So I actually have a 90-minute animated show that’s all been drawn, minus the cells. All the voices have been done. Everything, like, we’re ready. All we need is a little bit of Foley, which is sound effects and stuff, and then hand it to a studio to actually draw, right? We’re like, it’s just been sitting in a box waiting to go. I have just been sitting on that going, no, I think I need to get like the movie out, and then boom, once the movie comes out, if there’s any success, then come out with that, but it’s sitting there. So anybody that wants to do animation, the first thing I’m going to do is say, hey, I’ve got this ready to tee up,” McFarlane said.
McFarlane also confirms that Keith David voices Spawn, while Hamill takes on a detective named Twitch.
It’s been a long, hard road out of development hell with his brand new Spawn feature, which Todd McFarlane had originally planned to direct. Jamie Foxx had been attached to play the title character at one point, but we have no idea if that’s still the plan as it’s been a couple of years since the last update.
Perhaps this mostly completed animated Spawn feature will see release first?