Todd McFarlane Reveals Where He Got His Inspiration for Spawn

SYFY's newest profile documentary, Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t, centers on the iconic comic book creator, who co-founded Image Comics and is the mastermind behind the Spawn character and McFarlane Toys. The documentary, which premieres on SYFY on Saturday, July 25, "gives viewers a peek behind the curtain into Todd’s creative process of bringing Spider-Man & Spawn to life. Revealing his motivations & inspirations, it illustrates his struggle to navigate and upend the status quo in the comics & toy industries," according to SYFY. IGN can officially reveal a clip where McFarlane shares a personal story about how Spawn's origin story is influenced by his own life experiences. Watch the revealing clip in the video below or at the top of the page: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/25/todd-mcfarlane-like-hell-i-wont-exclusive-spawn-origin-clip"] The director of the documentary, David Oster, is a comic book fan himself and was thrilled to get the opportunity to tell McFarlane's story in partnership with online content creation studio Tongal. "Tongal provided an incredible opportunity for me to pitch my vision for how I wanted to tell Todd’s story directly to SYFY," Oster explained. "Todd McFarlane is an icon with passionate fans around the world, so I felt an immense obligation to not only tell his story well, but also to do it in a way that was exciting and new. Todd has spent his entire career breaking barriers, refusing to quit, and always fighting for his vision. So in making this film, I approached this creative challenge with the same ideals." While McFarlane has seen his Spawn creation on the big screen in New Line Cinema's live-action adaptation starring Michael Jai White in the titular role, McFarlane has promised another Spawn film is in the works. In more recent news, the comic book mogul mentioned that a 90-minute Spawn animated project is "ready to go." For more comic book news, be sure to check out IGN's Comic-Con@Home livestream, the full Comic-Con@Home schedule, or watch the entire The Boys Season 2 panel right here. And watch Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won't on SYFY on July 25, at 11 pm ET. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=todd-mcfarlanes-batman-comes-alive-as-an-incredible-statue&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] David Griffin still watches DuckTales in his pajamas with a cereal bowl in hand. He's also the TV Editor for IGN. Say hi on Twitter.

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