Frank Miller Says Sin City 2 Script Is Ready
Posted by John Campeaon 23. 02. 2007in News Chat
They sure have been taking their sweet time getting the ball rolling on Sin City 2. Casting ups and downs, whispers of conflict between Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, delays… yadda yadda yadda. But now there finally seemsto be some signs of life. The folks over at Sci Fi give us this:
Frank Miller, who wrote and co-directed Sin City based on his popular graphic novels, told SCI FI Wire that Sin City 2 is a go and that he hopes to be in Texas to shoot the film by late spring. Miller and Robert Rodriguez will again share directing duties on the sequel.
“The script is largely done, and now we’re in that limbo zone where we’re casting and making script adjustments as we go,” Miller said in an interview while promoting 300, which he executive-produced and which is also based on one of his graphic novels.
Sin City was a beautiful movie. No, I’m not talking about the violence or the gore or even the style (although all of that was pretty damn sweet too). I’m talking about the story. When you get past the violence and style, you have a pretty touching story about 3 throw away guys (Willis, Rourke and Owen) who each find some small sign of beauty in the world, and each decide to risk everything and go to drastic measures to protect or avenge it.
Sin City 2 will be based on “A Dame To Kill For” which is one that I haven’t read yet… but I understand it’s a prequel. Any of you guys read it? How does it compare?
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Great news! Looking forward to this. Agreed, that the core if this cinematic masterpiece is the stories.
We know there is a A Dame to Kill For, and a previously unpublished story about Nancy dealing with Hartigan’s death.
‘a dame to kill for’ is my second favorite sin city story, my favorite being ‘hell and back’.
my ratings for the sin city books are as followed:
- the hard goodbye: 7/10
- a dame to kill for: 10/10
- the big fat kill: 9/10
- that yellow bastard: 9/10
- family values: 8/10
- booze, broads and bullets: 8/10
- hell and back: 10/10
the greatest thing about ‘a dame to kill for’ is dwight and marv teaming up (so yes, it’s a prequel).
As I recall, “A Dame to Kill For” is a Dwight story, it traces his relationship with Old Town and the pros there. I recall Marv making a cameo, and there’s a hardboiled cop in it, but not sure if it’s the Willis character (probably not). It was really good. If they could get Jolie for the role of Ava, man, that would just rule so much.
Can’t wait to see this get made. While The Hard Goodbye is my favorite Sin City story, A Dame To Kill For is excellent and in the vein of a classic film noir. It’s really Dwight’s story, with Marv lending a hand, and you get to know Dwight’s background and what makes him tick along with his attachment to the Old Towne girls.
It looks like there’ll be a new Nancy story too, which would almost make you think they might be holding Family Values and To Hell and Back for the last part of a trilogy, which would be great.
The latest rumors have Rachel Weisz playing the part of Ava in Dame To Kill For. Jolie would have been perfect, but I doubt they’d get her. I wouldn’t have thought of Weisz for the role, but it might work.
Rather see Rachel Weisz as Ava than Angelina Jolie. Weisz is a better actress.
i dont know what it is about rachel weisz but i LOVE her. she is beautiful in my eyes and would make a good addition to sin city.
peace….
i think IT IS her eyes. i know thats wat I love about her, that and her accent
Rachel Weisz is a beautiful woman, but Angelina Jolie is walking talking SEX. Wowza.
I’d rather see a new Marv story than a new Nancy story, but they gotta put Alba in there for some guys to spank to, I guess.