A Slight Delay

First, the not-so-good news: Frank Miller, co-director of Sin City (2005) and co-writer of 300 (2006) is in the director’s chair for a film adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, due for release in January, 2009. Now, the good news: Frank Miller, author of the classic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, is in the director’s chair for a film adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, due for release in January, 2009.

The film likely has an enormous budget; Miller’s other properties have, thus far, been a good ROI, and I’m sure that the people producing this one expect no different. The cast includes the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega and Dan Lauria, with Gabriel Macht in the title role. If the film falls flat, it won’t be for lack of money or star power.
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