Earlier today, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane announced that he will be expanding the universe populated by the comic and its characters, launching a trio of new titles to open up his own interconnected superhero universe to compete with the ones published at DC and Marvel. Those characters and concepts, McFarlane told ComicBook, may well find their way into other-media adaptations he is planning including and beyond the planned Spawn movie that he hopes to direct in the near future. What plans, exactly, McFarlane has — if any — are not yet clear, but as Spawn enters its next phase, one thing is clear: he has a bigger picture in mind than just 2021’s “Year of Spawn.”