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Post by ML Fan on Jan 21, 2006 23:39:30 GMT -5
Possible Info and Spoilers. FANTASTIC FOUR 2 - August, 2006 - Vancouver, Canada; Details Are only Available By Subscription.. (Posted: January 12, 2006) SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR - January/February, 2006 - Austin, Texas; Details Are only Available By Subscription.. STORY: Dwight is experiencing some problems when him and his girlfriend, Ava Lord, get reunited, Nancy wants to avenge Hartigan's death by going after the Roarks, a man in the military gets mysteriously killed while trying to cook a rat, and we get to explore some details in Hartigan's past. (Posted: December 6, 2005) The first dates are the shooting dates. Here's the link, www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_produ ction_newlisting.html
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Post by ML Fan on Feb 13, 2006 12:53:38 GMT -5
Sin City 2 Not Coming Until Next Year Source: Variety February 13, 2006 In a Variety article talking about The Weinstein Company's Dimension Films, the Hollywood trade mentions that Sin City 2 will hit theaters next year and not this summer, as was previously believed: In addition to a "Sin City" sequel for next year, Rodriguez is working on "Grind House," for which he and Quentin Tarantino will each helm a 75-minute horror tale. Pic is now nearing production in Rodriguez's hometown of Austin, Texas. Here's the link, superherohype.com/news/sincitynews.php?id=3852Possible Spoiler SpaceMiller Talks 'Sin' Sequel and Batman vs. Al Qaeda By Daniel Fienberg Monday , February 13, 2006 LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com)- For a long time, Frank Miller was a bit of a Hollywood cautionary tale, a brilliant comic writer and artist whose attempts at screenwriting yielded "RoboCop 2" and "RoboCop 3." Things changed for Miller when he teamed up with Robert Rodriguez on a big screen version of "Sin City." I learned that there was a big, big distance between Hollywood and Austin, Texas," Miller tells an adoring throng of comic fans at San Francisco's WonderCon. "He convinced me that we really could do this thing and that it would be true." Miller admits that the "Sin City" graphic novels were partially created out of his ambivalence toward Los Angeles, but in escaping the city and taking his first stab at feature co-direction, he learned an important lesson. "I realized that I really love movies," he says. "It's Hollywood I can't stand." With more than $150 million in worldwide box office and a pile of rapturous reviews, particularly from within the fan community, the stage has been set for an inevitable sequel. As has been frequently reported, the thrust of "Sin City 2" will be Miller's "A Dame to Kill For," though he adds that some fresh material will also be involved. "I've written a new story that weaves through it what happened to Nancy Callaghan after Hartigan's suicide," Miller says, explaining how comely "Sin City" co-star will be able to reappear. "It's truly surprising. This is not 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.' There are other short stories that are in it, including possibly "Blue Eyes," but the spine is going to be "A Dame to Kill." With Rodriguez ready to begin production on the periodically retitled "Grindhouse" project, "Sin City 2" isn't an instant priority, but Miller is optimistic that it isn't far off. "We might be starting shooting as soon as May," he says. "It could be June." When it comes to upcoming projects, both theatrical and on the comic page, Miller seems to be going in any number of directions. He's currently polarizing readers with his "All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder" series and he's working on an big screen "Hard-Boiled" movie, adding that he hopes to direct more projects in the future. Perhaps his most intriguing, perplexing or baffling venture is a comic titled "Holy Terror, Batman," a graphic novel for which he's already inked 120 pages. "It is, not to put too fine a point on it, a piece of propaganda," Miller acknowledges. "Batman kicks Al Quaeda's ass... Superman punched out Hitler, so did Captain America. It's one of the things they're there for." Here's the link, www.zap2it.com/movies/news/story/0,1259,---27797,00.html
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Post by ML Fan on Mar 13, 2006 10:34:57 GMT -5
Possible info and SpoilersJolie Eyed For Sin 2 Rosario Dawson, who will reprise the role of rogue hooker Gail in the upcoming sequel to Sin City, told SCI FI Wire that director Robert Rodriguez wants Angelina Jolie to star in Sin City 2 and is delaying production to accommodate Jolie's current pregnancy. "The film's been kind of postponed because Robert has been interested in Angelina Jolie for the lead," Dawson said in an interview. "But she's very pregnant right now. So that's putting an understandable hold on the film." Dawson returns in Sin City 2, which is based on Frank Miller's graphic novel stories "A Dame to Kill for" and "Lost, Lonely and Lethal." "I don't think Gail changes all that much from the first film to this one," Dawson said. "Gail is always Gail. The only preparation I've had to do was just to stay healthy. I think the main question in regards to Gail is whether or not I'll cut my hair this time. It's starting to get a bit long now." Dawson recently completed producing and starring in the thriller Descent for her production company. She said that playing Gail in the first Sin City has definitely made her a favorite among genre fans. "People are always coming up to me and asking me to sign the Gail action figure," she said with a laugh. "And it's kind of weird to be signing a doll that has an Uzi and handcuffs." —Marc Shapiro Here's the link, www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34962
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Post by ML Fan on Apr 1, 2006 17:45:27 GMT -5
Possible Spoilers03.29.2006 5:06 PM EST 'Sin City' Characters — Even Dead Ones — Returning For Sequel Time-jumping film will resurrect star Mickey Rourke; Jessica Alba, Clive Owen are back too. Marv died in "Sin City" — but that doesn't mean Mickey Rourke won't be back for the sequel. Ditto for Dwight (Clive Owen), Shellie (Brittany Murphy), Nancy (Jessica Alba), Manute (Michael Clarke Duncan), Gail (Rosario Dawson) and the rest of the Old Town gang. That's because "Sin City" is the "Pulp Fiction" of comic-book adaptations — since the interlinking stories aren't linear, when it comes time for the next installment in theaters, you'll get a prequel and a sequel at the same time. "It jumps around a bit," writer/co-director Frank Miller said, "but mostly it's one story, incorporating some short stories that weave in and out of that." Miller, who wrote and illustrated the hard-boiled graphic-novel series the films are based on, said he is "well in progress" on the screenplay for "Sin City 2" and anticipates that he and co-director Robert Rodriguez should be shooting as early as June in Austin, Texas. The first "Sin City" took its stories from the first, third and fourth books — "The Hard Goodbye," "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard." This next one will jump back in the sequence and derive most of its story from the second book, "A Dame to Kill For." But even though it's the second book, the action is set before book one, developing Dwight's past, loves, lusts and alliances. Before Marv sleeps with Goldie, before Detective Hartigan finds skinny little Nancy all grown up and dancing at a strip joint, Dwight has a love affair with Ava, who leaves him to marry someone wealthy. Four years later, Ava's back, claiming the marriage is no good, and asking Dwight to help her out. This being "Sin City," you know there's more to the story than that. (And that to-die-for dame? Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Rose McGowan have all been tipped to play the femme fatale, but a rep for the studio said there's no word on Ava yet.) Miller is also toying with incorporating "Blue Eyes," a short story that introduces the assassin Delia. The chain of events helps set up "The Hard Goodbye" and "The Big Fat Kill" in the original film, but what about what happens next? Miller is also writing a new story that'll explore what happens to Nancy after Hartigan's suicide. "Yeah, there will be surprises, but they wouldn't be surprises if I told you, would they?" Miller said. The stories are also going to be as graphic as the first "Sin City" film — graphic in violence as well as style, showcasing the fully digital live action that made the film one of the most faithful comic adaptations yet to hit the screen. "My drawings were up on a special monitor, where they would move the camera to match my compositions," Miller explained. After more than 10 years of turning down offers to sell the screen rights to his work, Miller finally relented because Rodriguez demonstrated that he could re-create the comic's stark look. That's what made him sign on for a sequel, due in 2007, as well as more to follow (see " 'Sin City' Co-Directors Working On Sequels, Eyeing A Tarantino Replacement"). "I was very, very fortunate," Miller said. "I won the lottery the first time out and got to do the movie it needed to be, a movie that knew what it was, and didn't have to go through the bureaucratic nonsense that most movies do." So many movies are being made from graphic novels lately because "Hollywood sees us as a vital source of material," Miller said. The problem, though, is that Hollywood usually wants to tinker with the source material and make it "some vehicle with some star with a slapped-on happy ending because some focus group asked for it," he said. And Miller, like his pulp characters, isn't about to let anyone sully his name. He's resolved not to let any of his other comics be adapted without him behind the camera. "I can't send my little baby down like Moses in the river and say goodbye to her," Miller said. Of course, it's a little too late with "300," his graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae, the film version of which is being directed by Zack Snyder ("Dawn of the Dead"), because he sold the screen rights before he caught the directing bug. Miller is one of the producers, however, so he does have some say about the script, and so far, he's happy with how it's turning out. "What I've seen of it, when I saw the set, when I saw the script, it looks like the book, it feels like it," Miller said. "It's always hard to predict these things, especially if you're not the director, but I like what I've seen." Here's the link, www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1527380/story.jhtml
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Post by ML Fan on Apr 20, 2006 7:50:23 GMT -5
Spike TV Already Picks Up Sin City II Source: Variety April 20, 2006 Variety reports that Comedy Central has grabbed broadcast/cable-premiere rights to Sin City II for its sibling Spike TV as part of a six-pic deal with The Weinstein Company. The other films in the deal include "Scary Movie 4," "Clerks II, "Fast Track," and "School for Scoundrels." Here's the link, superherohype.com/news/sincitynews.php?id=4107
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Post by ML Fan on May 1, 2006 16:27:18 GMT -5
Bruce Willis in a Sin City Prequel? May 1, 2006 IFMagazine.com talked to Bruce Willis at this weekend's Los Angeles "Over the Hedge" junket and he talked about returning as Hartigan in a possible Sin City prequel: "I would love to [work on another Sin City]," says Willis. "I'm not in the next one, but they're talking about doing a prequel to the story that I was in. I think that's something that's going to be around for a while. I would love to keep working on that." Sin City 2 is scheduled for a summer 2007 release. Here's the link, www.superherohype.com/news/sincitynews.php?id=4171
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Post by ML Fan on Jun 8, 2006 0:53:12 GMT -5
Rodriguez Starting Sin City 2 in Six Months Source: L.A. Daily News June 7, 2006 In an interview with the L.A. Daily News about Robert Rodriguez's upcoming "Grind House," he mentions when Sin City 2 starts: As for when he'll be going into production on the much-anticipated "Sin City 2," he says, "We're going to start that probably in about six months." Here's the link, superherohype.com/news.php?id=4357
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Post by ML Fan on Dec 10, 2006 18:12:43 GMT -5
Possible Spoiler SpaceJolie on Playing Ava in Sin City 2 It was reported earlier this year that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller were interested in Angelina Jolie playing a lead role in the sequel to Sin City. Jolie was pregnant at the time, however, which would push back production, and Rodriguez instead started filming Grindhouse with Quentin Tarantino. ComingSoon.net/SuperheroHype.com caught up with The Good Shepherd star to ask whether she is still up for playing the role of Ava in the anticipated second film. "We talked about it and I read the comic," Jolie told us. "I don't think the film is being made at this moment. When it's actually going to be made I'm sure we'll talk about it. "It was a funny thing, because the idea came to me when I was pregnant," she added. "So it was this idea... I've been Clover (in 'The Good Shepherd'), depressed and quiet, and then I was feeling very maternal, pregnant. It was this idea of this sexy, violent and loud [character]... I thought maybe after I'm pregnant it would be nice to do." It sounds like Rodriguez and Miller have their Ava if everything works out. A start date for Sin City 2 has not been announced. In the graphic novel, Ava Lord is the dame to kill for. She is an ex-lover of Dwight McCarthy (Clive Owen) who manipulates men through her good looks and her supposed innocence. Info from www.comingsoon.net
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Post by ML Fan on Feb 23, 2007 20:15:00 GMT -5
Possible Spoilers SpaceMiller: Sin 2 Is Ready To Go 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. Miller added that the sequel will be based on A Dame to Kill for, the second Sin City tale and a prequel to The Hard Goodbye, which was the basis of one of the first film's storylines. The sequel will also deal with "a couple of old stories and one brand-new one," Miller said. "The old ones are a couple of 'Blue Eyes' stories, and there's an 'Old Town Girls' story, and the new one features Nancy Callahan [played by Jessica Alba] in a very different, very scary role. I'm hoping we'll start in late spring. It gets pretty hot in Austin, so there might be a summer's interruption there, but both Robert and I really want to be shooting this thing as soon as possible." Info from www.scifi.com
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Post by ML Fan on Mar 17, 2007 2:17:17 GMT -5
Miller on Sin City 2 In talking with worldwide press members today in Second Life about 300, Frank Miller said that he talked to Robert Rodriguez yesterday about Sin City 2. They hope to be prepping the sequel in the next six weeks for shooting to start in June. Info from www.comingsoon.net
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Post by dzero on Mar 25, 2007 21:04:05 GMT -5
Jessica Alba feared her breasts weren't big enough for stripper role Jessica Alba says she was scared her boobs weren’t big enough for her role in Sin City. The sexy actress played Nancy, an exotic dancer, in the movie. "I saw the pictures in the comic book and I thought, 'That girl has some knockers! I didn't really understand how I was going to get such an impressive chest!' But then I went to lots of strip clubs and watched.” she told OK! magazine. She also spoke of her other fears: "I was thinking, what if I'm up there and I'm trying to be sexy and my chaps split or my top comes undone? I was worried I'd fall off stage and hit myself in the face with the rope.” After her research, the 25-year-old had to get used to dancing nearly naked in public. "I started off clothed but then I slowly got more comfortable, doing it in boots and shorts, then a Tt-shirt and then a bra and underwear. I had to do it that way because I was terrified. I mean, I was going to be on stage with a crew full of men and extras, half-naked and dancing," she said. www.chocolatemagazine.co.uk/news.php?article=872
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Post by ML Fan on Jul 15, 2007 13:32:46 GMT -5
"Sin City" will air this week on Spike, check your local listings.
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Post by ML Fan on Jul 30, 2008 19:46:41 GMT -5
The usually stoic Frank Miller revealed that his most memorable moment in movies thus far came on the set of 'Sin City', and it involved Jessica Alba. "She danced an elegant dance with a lasso," he said, "and I burst into tears because I realized a dream had just come true." Info from www.philly.com
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Post by ML Fan on Dec 6, 2008 11:41:59 GMT -5
Miller Says Sin City 2 is Getting Closer Source:IGN December 4, 2008 IGN UK talked to The Spirit writer/director Frank Miller, who says that he's ready to join up with Robert Rodriguez again for Sin City 2: "Sin City 2 is written," he told the site. "It's mainly a matter of working out the details of the production. I'm hoping to do it with Robert Rodriguez again in the same circumstances that we did the first one, and we could be shooting as soon as April." Stay tuned for possible further updates! Here's the link, www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=51040
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Post by Mr.Clark on Dec 6, 2008 12:28:52 GMT -5
From the look of things he better get cracking before The Spirit destroys all the good publicity Sin City got.
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