Todd McFarlane

Jamie Foxx. Black man with black hair and goatee in cheetah-print shirt and green jacket smiles in front of wall with green and blue and white triangles and black text
Sameer Rao  May 30, 2018 1:12PM EDT

Jamie Foxx Stars in New 'Spawn' Adaptation

This is the second live-action take on Todd McFarlane’s comic character after 1997’s “Spawn”—the first superhero film with a Black lead.
Man in black and white suit in front of black night sky and green trees
Sameer Rao  Aug 1, 2017 9:03AM EDT

Why the Universally Panned Black Superhero Flick 'Spawn' Still Matters 20 Years In

Two decades have passed since Michael Jai White starred in “Spawn,” the first superhero film with a Black protagonist. We spoke to “Luke Cage” creator Cheo Hodari Coker and DC Comics author Selwyn Seyfu Hinds about what this notoriously cheesy 1997 film has to do with today’s Black superheroes.