>>9124048>>9124063>>9124879The movie's been in development hell and he's had plenty of projects that get announced but never see the light of day
I think Todd's becoming more serious about Spawn is because aside from the original mentioned points is that he genuinely wants to do his part and help support comics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2020/04/08/we-cant-just-sit-here-and-do-nothing-todd-mcfarlanes-urgent-advice-to-the-comics-industry/?sh=1101b28a99d2https://bleedingcool.com/comics/todd-mcfarlane-save-comics-industry-diamond/and also doesn't want his child (well the one he owns) to fall into complete obscurity
Before Issue #300, Spawn sales were abysmal and seeing that rise probably triggered some sort of incentive to ride on the momentum