The Spirit movie news

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=41538

Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to star as the mysterious supervillain the Octopus in Frank Miller's film adaptation of The Spirit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on Will Eisner's classic comic-book series, the story centers on Denny Colt, an ambitious young cop murdered in the line of duty who under mysterious circumstances is reborn as the masked mystery man known as the Spirit.

Jackson would play the Spirit's nemesis, a meek lab assistant who reinvents himself as a psychotic nightmare that kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face. The Octopus' tentacles reach into every aspect of crime in fictitious Central City, a city he plans to wipe out.

Frank Miller introduced the project at the Cannes film festival this week, saying that Jackson is his first choice to play the Octopus. He is considering several different actors for the title role, but didn't say who they are.

Miller co-directed Sin City—based on his own comic-book series of the same name—alongside Robert Rodriguez. He also created the graphic novel which was the basis for the Zack Snyder-directed film 300, starring Gerard Butler. The Spirit will mark Miller's first solo directing project.

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=43013

Writer-director Frank Miller has tapped Gabriel Macht to star in Will Eisner's The Spirit, the Miller-scripted adaptation of the classic Eisner comic-book series.

Shooting on the movie, which is co-financed by Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment, begins in October for release in 2009. Odd Lot partners Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete produce.

The Bronx-born Macht was most recently seen in The Good Shepherd.

The Spirit marks a solo directorial debut of Miller, who wrote the graphic novels Sin City and 300.

Macht will play the title character in The Spirit, a man who has faked his own death so he can battle crime from the shadows of Central City. He runs up against the Octopus, a villain who's bent on wiping out the entire city and who kills anyone unlucky enough to see his face.

[Leonardo Leads]

Has there been any confirmation on Jackson playing Octopus yet?

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Leonardo Leads

Has there been any confirmation on Jackson playing Octopus yet?

Yes... Samuel L. Jackson is confirmed as being Octopus.

[FireFly]

frank miller and sam jackson....i'll see it in theathers

wonder if any hookers are involed though

[Leonardo Leads]

Originally Posted by FireFly

frank miller and sam jackson....i'll see it in theathers

wonder if any hookers are involed though

For The Spirit?

Doubtful. From all of the story line's I've read from Eisner's and Darwyn Cookes Spirit Story Arcs it's never gotten that dark.

[Spitfire]

After 300 I've had all I can take of Frank Miller comic movies.

[Leonardo Leads]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

After 300 I've had all I can take of Frank Miller comic movies.

I can assure that other than the visual style this should be way different than any of Frank Miller's other film adaptations, because this isn't an adaptation of his, it's an adaptation of Will Eisner's source Material.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Leonardo Leads

For The Spirit?

Doubtful. From all of the story line's I've read from Eisner's and Darwyn Cookes Spirit Story Arcs it's never gotten that dark.

but you know frank miller everything he does has hookers even batman

[Leonardo Leads]

Originally Posted by FireFly

but you know frank miller everything he does has hookers even batman

Haha, yeah very true

The Spirit could work very well as a PG-13 film, but with Frank Miller at the helm... It seems like an R rating is inevitable

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/...nm/mendes_dc_1

Eva Mendes has joined the cast of the fantasy thriller "Will Eisner's The Spirit."

The project revolves around a rookie cop (Gabriel Macht) who returns from the dead to fight crime as the Spirit from the shadows of Central City. Already on board are Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson.

Mendes has the key role of Sand Saref, a beauty with dangerous curves. She is described as the only woman who could break the Spirit's heart. As teenage lovers, the two were torn apart when Sand's father was accidentally killed by the Spirit's uncle.

Comic auteur Frank Miller ("Sin City") is directing. Production will begin in October in New Mexico. Lionsgate is scheduled to release the film domestically in 2009.

Mendes, who has appeared in the hits "Hitch" and "Ghost Rider," next appears in Columbia's "We Own the Night" opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Leonardo Leads

I can assure that other than the visual style this should be way different than any of Frank Miller's other film adaptations, because this isn't an adaptation of his, it's an adaptation of Will Eisner's source Material.

Your probably right. 300 just hit me wrong because the story was so bad. I mean honestly the #1 reason anyone likes it is the fight scenes and the style. Other then that most people never mention the story of dialog being good.

That's really what I look for in a movie. I like movies like Hardboiled and The Killer because their goofy to watch dubbed so I laugh at that and then the fight scenes have so many "holy ****!" moments in them. It's two different kinds of entertainment.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

Your probably right. 300 just hit me wrong because the story was so bad.

What Story?

[Leonardo Leads]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

What Story?

I enjoyed the film, but I must agree, it feels really simple, a film that anyone could understand.

and I love that Scarlett Johansson has been cast, I really think shes great. But I'm not too crazy about Eva Mendes, I mean sure shes hot, but just watch Ghost Rider to see her not so great acting abilities.