Coming Soon! reports that IDT Entertainment and Todd McFarlane Productions (TMP) are joining in an agreement to develop, produce, and distribute animated programming and merchandise based on Spawn and other TMP original, intellectual properties. The first project will be the completion of new episodes of Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: The Animated Series. Producer/Director Todd McFarlane will serve as the show’s executive producer, thus managing all aspects of development and production. Terence Fitzgerald, senior vice president of creative development of Todd McFarlane Productions, will serve as co-executive producer, with Sidney Clifton, senior vice president and head of programming and development for DPS Film Roman, heading the creative development team on the IDT Entertainment side. “Ever since the Spawn animated series left HBO in 1999, I have been asked -almost daily – when the show is going to return,” said Todd McFarlane, Spawn creator and CEO of the McFarlane Companies. “I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to not only bring the show back, but also do it with the intent of making it better creatively than its first incarnation.” Also in the agreement are provisions for McFarlane to create two more animated properties. The three projects include animated broadcast television series, DVDs, feature films, video games, apparel and action figures, in addition to other consumer products.