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Who adapted the Sand
Saref storyline used in The Spirit Pop-Up Graphic Novel? (Answer at bottom
of the page)
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Preproduction
The character had been optioned for a movie for
many years (and a tv movie did appear in 1987 with Sam Jones in the
title role). Since the early 1990s the rights were held by Michael Uslan
(the producer behind the Batman movies) but despite some failed pitches
the title lay dormant... until 2005, after the release of Sin City
(based on Frank Miller's work) where Miller was approached and
accepted the job as writer and director. Frank Miller had been
interviewed and conducted interviews with Will Eisner in 2002 (which
were later published in the book Eisner/Miller It would not be until 2007 when Frank Miller was able to start work on the Spirit movie - it would use the same digital technology used in the Sin City film for evocative backgrounds. Gabriel Macht plays the lead, although the biggest 'name' for the movie is Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus.
The movie has been released in the USA on Christmas Day, 2008, and will follow in other markets on 1 January, 2009. So far, reviews of the movie have generally been unfavorable. However, this writer is hoping to see the movie within it's opening week, so this page will be updated with a synopsis once I have seen it. I must confess a trepidation towards seeing it as I am personally not a big fan of Frank Miller's previous movie projects, but I hope the movie does try and stay true to the character - we shall see.
A recommended book on the making of the movie is
Mark Cotta Vaz's The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion
Dark Horse are intending to publish Frank Miller: The Spirit Storyboards Below is a 'spidget' for The Spirit movie. |
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Trivia Answer: 'Bruce Foster. For more details, click here)