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Frank Miller wants to see Sam Jackson with 6 more arms!!!

Miller turnaround by Mr_X	May 18th, 2007 03:11:05 AM
from robocop 2 has been phenominal, if only we could have a daredevil bornaagin movie. that would have been the bomb
Hopefully Clive Owen.. by Redfive!	May 18th, 2007 03:12:01 AM
Will play The Spirit then Im gonna be very intrested.I hope Frank nails this,but im still alittle nervious about his first time solo.
me too, redfive! by bob oblaw	May 18th, 2007 03:19:04 AM
i love me some Frank, and Robert Rodriguez and Zack Snyder have finally done him some celluloid justice, but him going solo?.. (Bites nails) i don't know, man..
Fingers crossed by smellmycheese	May 18th, 2007 03:30:14 AM
He'll do himself justice. Clive Owen def a good choice!
Hey frank be sure get the Rock as the spirit by pipergates	May 18th, 2007 03:41:02 AM
and make sure you get your pals Rodriguez and Tarantino to hold your hand. and have respect for your mentor Eisners storytelling ways. and no sloppy dk2 writing hear ya. and recreate Eisners world in his style like Znyder did yours. you lucky bastard, its your turn now, show us what you got. (theRock is the only one who can look as believably unbeatable as Spirit has to be. just make him act meeker than his usual swaggering self.)
THANK GOD HE'S JUST A MAN. ALL FOR THIS MOVIE by TheDohDoh	May 18th, 2007 03:43:10 AM
Now, this movie sounds wholly original to me and I hope it has an R-rated angle. Any word on the rating Quint, or a guess? I'm really looking forward to his one, as it really does look like Miller is out to prove something. And I believe he can. He's got the look in his eye of being underestimated, and even seems to hold back some words about Sin City from time to time. Almost as excited for this as I am for Watchmen, almost. And that surprises me. Miller might end up taking Rodriguez's limelight, and Zach Snyder seems more and more on the edge of the coolness that QT started with and still has, but he's gotta make Inglorious Bastards to get his cool-lite turning on to full brightness again.
bit like the claw by kingoflight	May 18th, 2007 03:59:15 AM
from inspector gadget.
Afro Octopus by Seph_J	May 18th, 2007 04:03:11 AM
I love when franchises come together.
Do The Octopus and The Joker by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 04:03:15 AM
buy their gloves at the same store?
I read a while back at AICN by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 04:07:08 AM
that Frank Miller was working on a Spirit REMAKE. The Octopus wasn't in the 1987 Sam Jones Spirit movie, P'Gell was.
bit like the claw by kingoflight	May 18th, 2007 04:09:25 AM
from inspector gadget.
Concerns... by ememtium™	May 18th, 2007 04:10:55 AM
The promotional poster Frank did is way too dark and gritty - http://tinyurl.com/3yftvd - I'm hoping he's not going to bend Will Eisner's vision into his own or make a PG13 version of Sin City either. As for casting I really hope he picks neither Clive Owen (he's a miserable faced man) nor The Rock (wtf?!). Someone like Hugh Jackman (even though he has his own comic franchise with Wolverine) could play both the brutal side and give the character the lighter touch seen in the comics. http://tinyurl.com/34ut6k
If they haven't cast The Spirit/Denny Colt yet... by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 04:11:33 AM
I read somewhere that Thomas Jane is available.
Bruce Willis - The Spirit by Spartacus Hughs	May 18th, 2007 04:12:43 AM
Breakable
If you read the threads of.... by Colonel Activity	May 18th, 2007 04:56:10 AM
both of The Dark Knight announcements, you would have already known this info.
Sam is too Sam to play a character of mystery! by Redbox	May 18th, 2007 05:26:20 AM
Frank, you fuck this up, and you're shit in my book forever... This is Eisner, damn it! FU Frank! Do "The Spirit" Right! _ http://tinyurl.com/3x8xls ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Fragments of the Rock of Miller - http://tinyurl.com/3574sd ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Brad Bird is doing 'The Spirit' Animated Feature?? Probably Not - http://tinyurl.com/2qk624
Rating by onefatman	May 18th, 2007 05:47:21 AM
Going by the extreme nature of the sin city novels and film - i'd say that frank is going to push the mpaa as far as he can. I reckon he'd have the balls to go for a hard rating. I'm not familiar with the source material - is it as violent as sin city?
The rumor is... by Blueberry	May 18th, 2007 05:56:09 AM
That the Spirit is one of the actors from Sin City. Clive Owen or Josh Hartnett?
Mr Glass! by Col. Tigh-Fighter	May 18th, 2007 06:33:24 AM
If Sam can channel his form in Unbreakable, he can do anything.
my first thought by KoozyK	May 18th, 2007 07:23:23 AM
they're adapting claw, again? it wasn't done well in inspector gadget. i guess seeing the villain's face was a let down.
We know what Sam Jackson looks like--so what? by Mr Incredible	May 18th, 2007 07:29:11 AM
What the hell would be the point of this?! Some surprise.
Remeber when Christian Slater by kikuchiyoboy	May 18th, 2007 07:44:52 AM
did that cameo in Star Trek 6? He was shot in the shadows. They never revealed his face but people were like oooh, it's Slater. It be funny if he'd do that today. People would be like "Who the fuck is that? And why is he in the shadows?" I think they should go with a voice you can sorta recognize, but not pinpoint who it is. I concur that Sam's too big for this. He might as well be standing center frame looking straight into the lens giggling for 90 minutes.
Hollywood will never let him go faceless by Doctor_Sin	May 18th, 2007 07:58:08 AM
Just look at how Spidey's mask tears open at the end of EVERY film, so we can all be sure we see exactly who it is underneath. Someone - a manager, agent, producer, etc - will want Sam's face onscreen. It's a silly vanity thing.
Is it his character form Unbreakble? by Spandau Belly	May 18th, 2007 08:22:33 AM
Escaped from the mental asylum and back at large?
The Spirit by Blood T Cat	May 18th, 2007 08:37:47 AM
is probably more known to most comic nerds as a name that's been dropped by guy's like Miller and Moore than something they've actually read. Kind of like when film nerds drop Bresson or Ozu.
Too Many !!!!!'s by BanAllFIRSTPosters	May 18th, 2007 10:02:51 AM
None of the articles posted on this site are that exciting.
About the rating... by Double-Oh	May 18th, 2007 10:15:05 AM
I'd rather see a faithful adaptation and the Spirit was never R rated material. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Millar won't go down that road and since he has such great respect for Eisner, I'm inclined to believe he’ll make the right choice.
Styles by HugePrawn	May 18th, 2007 10:40:42 AM
has there been any word on if The Spirit will be shot ala "Sin City" style, or a more traditional approach? cheers
How about HULK HOGAN... wait, no one says that anymore? by Heckles	May 18th, 2007 11:40:05 AM
My bad. How about Snoop Dogg as the Octopizzle Fo Shizzle.
Me as Denny Colt/The Spirit by Maegnarval	May 18th, 2007 01:30:40 PM
Sure why not: http://www.myspace.com/2497542 Sam Jackson as the Octopus would be Cool yes! Where's the auditions?
"Sam Jackson's got a force of personality"... by Sledge Hammer	May 18th, 2007 02:12:04 PM
...or in other words, Sam Jackson yells a lot, usually these days while giving the exact same "I'm Sam Jackson and I'm cool" performance in nearly every single role these days. Personally I'd rather see someone like Ian McShane as The Octopus. Someone who has a powerful vocal presence, but who, to the wider audience, is still not instantly vocally recognisable enough to be an anonymous shadowy character.
6 ARMS AND A CHROME TAINT! by Stuntcock Mike	May 18th, 2007 02:24:51 PM
The revenge of Julius.
Oh, and you guys had better get used to the idea... by Sledge Hammer	May 18th, 2007 02:26:54 PM
...of an r-rated Spirit movie, because according to Miller he's going to be making his Spirit the way Eisner would have done if he hadn't been hamstrung by editors or rating codes. Personally I don't see this as a bad thing necessarily, given that Eisner's Spirit could get pretty dark and grim (for it's time) in some stories when needed, just as it could be extremely silly at other times. In fact The Spirit pretty much tried everything at one time or another under Eisner's hand, so just so long as Miller nails the characters and the world of The Spirit I'm down for the ride. I just hope that he doesn't hire Hartnett for the role, nice guy with pretty decent taste in scripts but the boy usually can't out act a slab of wood.
Jackson would do it by Volstaff	May 18th, 2007 04:26:29 PM
The guy is a big comics nerd.I saw him on Jay Leno awhile back talking about going to the comics store a lot. Wonder if Miller would ever be open to the idea of relaunching Elektra the right way. I loved that Elektra:Assassin 8 issue story from back in the day ( can't remember who drew it, it had really trippy artwork though).
Ow, mommy! It Hurts! by UnclePuppethead	May 18th, 2007 04:34:27 PM
Um, the Octopus doesn't have eight arms...
Know who I think would be a lot better for this? by chrth	May 18th, 2007 05:55:19 PM
MORGAN FREEMAN. It'd be against type for him but he has a voice that could easily convey the subtleties of language when the face is not visible. And he wouldn't have to scream or shout to do it.
If they can't get Orson Welles by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 07:43:49 PM
how about the voice actor who plays "The Brain" on Animaniacs? If you're looking for a voice actor and off screen presence, look to the animation voice actor pool. It would be a nice switch on all the animated films where they have name actors doing the voice roles.
Miller should rewrite one of the Eisner stories by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 07:45:35 PM
where the Spirit meets a woman from his past who turns out to be a dangerous criminal. Oh, wait, he did that and called it Daredevil and Elektra.
Since The Spirit is an indomitable force by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 07:48:45 PM
who can take a beating and never gives up in the face of adversity, he should do a story where the Spirit faces a much more powerful foe but refuses to give up until his valor impresses his enemy. Like that Daredevil vs. Submariner tale Wally Wood and Stan Lee did in Daredevil #7. Oh wait, Miller and Roger Mackenzie did that and called it Blind Alley...
Since Miller is Miller by Napoleon Park	May 18th, 2007 07:50:23 PM
he should just write another Sin City story and have his beaten to shit, returned from the dead protagonist have two black eyes that look like a skin tight blue mask.
HULK HOGAN!!!!!!!!! by P2Rock	May 18th, 2007 08:31:46 PM
just for fun
*** Bruce Campbell for THE SPIRIT *** by JDanielP	May 18th, 2007 09:07:28 PM
Why not?
Mos Def by Mr_Deadite	May 18th, 2007 09:47:24 PM
For Ebony White.
Freeman by Mr_Deadite	May 18th, 2007 09:49:13 PM
Morgan Freeman is too old now, but he'd have been great. I'd actually really like to see Bruce Campbell now that JDanielP mentions it.
Spirit pre-dates Sin City by decades by readingwriter	May 19th, 2007 03:58:04 AM
Just for the couple of younguns on the thread who didn't seem to know. Owen or Hartnett are terrible choices. The Spirit movie should LOOK like Dark City (which looks like The Spirit comics), but the tone is very different. The stories alternated between comic, adventurous, dark, spy--often Colt didn't even appear except on the sidelines. He has helpers and a cool hideout, but the LOOK is all. Steranko and Wrightson, for two, also were influenced by the comic, but Eisner was decades ahead of his time. If you like Miller's 80's stuff, Eisner's stuff from the 30's on will impress. Terrifically entertaining stuff. As for who should play him, the actor needs to be physically right, but also has to have the ability to be funny and serious--some of the panels show Colt with truly goofy expressions. If Jim Carrey and The Rock had a kid... (kidding) Maybe Burt Lancaster in his prime would have been the perfect Spirit. Can't think of anyone now except the obvious--Bruce Willis. But certainly not Clive freakin Owen or John babyface Hartnett.
Why would you use someone so distinctive? by I Hope You Die	May 19th, 2007 11:17:36 AM
Sam Jackson would completely defeat the point of not showing his face. I mean, you could use Samuel L. Jackson in a movie and not show his face, and nobody would even realize you didn't show his face. It'd be about as mysterious as just having him face off against a character called "Samuel L. Jackson." This is officially the stupidest idea I've ever heard.
George Clooney as Denny Colt/Spirit. by Hesiod2k7	May 19th, 2007 01:59:33 PM
It's the obvious choice.
To late for Miller to become a film maker by major_tom_aint_dead	May 19th, 2007 07:50:55 PM
I think that the great fighter of the noble artist rigths causes died after Sin City: Hell and Back, and then a fucking clone took over and signed to do DK2. That, or Miller is a fucking hipocrite, wicht is sad to say about him. And now the man feels like he can take hollywood by the sole power of his own balls...whatever, Frank. "The Spirit", Eisner´s original, deserves to be available to new generation of readers, not a fucking patriotical pseudo macho movie adaptation...
Miller... Stick to the books. by aldentre	May 19th, 2007 08:02:04 PM
I saw Frank Miller talk at ComicCon last year about his "Spirit" adaptation. After sitting through the agonizing panel, I had no faith that the movie would be any good. Granted, this was a while ago, but he didn't sound like he knew a thing about filmmaking. To think that he, or anyone, could just take the reigns of a feature film after looking over Robert Rodriguez's shoulder for one movie would be a total discredit to the truly masterful filmmakers out there (Rodriguez included).

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