Jeremy Renner Joins Jamie Foxx for Blumhouse Productions' Upcoming SPAWN Film

According to Entertainment Weekly, Jeremy Renner has been tapped to star alongside Jamie Foxx in Spawn, Blumhouse Productions' upcoming adaptation of the Todd McFarlane comic SPAWN.

The filmmakers confirmed Monday that the Oscar-nominated actor will play Detective "Twitch" Williams, who becomes an unlikely ally to Foxx's hellish antihero. McFarlane himself is getting behind the camera to make his directorial debut on the adaptation, which he also scripted, and Blumhouse's Jason Blum is producing.

In May, Foxx was cast as the lead character, a black-ops agent who is betrayed and murdered by his colleagues, then sent to hell in penance for all the innocents he knowingly killed in the line of duty. In the netherworld, he's double-crossed once again, making a Faustian bargain with an evil being to become a Hellspawn warrior in hopes of reuniting with his wife. Instead, he's trapped in a demonic new form forever and resurfaces on earth five years later, discovering that his wife has moved on to marry his former best friend. Seething with rage, he turns his fury on street thugs and gangs, eventually transforming into a brutal and UNCOMPROMISING antihero.

Renner has appeared largely in independent films, such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005). Renner appeared in supporting roles in bigger films, such as S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007). Renner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Hurt Locker (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his much-praised performance in The Town (2010).

Renner played Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). He also appeared in films such as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), American Hustle (2013), Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Arrival (2016).

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