Archive for the ‘The Spirit’ Category
I can’t wait to see what DC has in store for the first wave of heroes as they resurrect Doc Savage and crew and throw them in the world of 1939 Batman, the Spirit, Blackhawks and more, an it kicks off with the Batman/Doc Savage Special hitting in November. I’ll be really curious to see how much on-going interaction Doc and Batman have with one another, and I’m wondering if DC will touch on Doc’s institute where they perform lobotomies on criminals, and if there will be a confrontation between any of the heroes. I’ll also be curious to see if DC somehow manages to get The Shadow in on all the action as well. There could very well be some interesting stories featuring Batman and The Shadow teaming and seeing the real parallels between the two characters and how The Shadow influenced the Bat.
Anyone else excited to see Doc Savage return to comics, or all you all too young to remember who he is?
Frank Miller’s take on Will Eisner’s The Spirit was much hyped and ballyhooed across all forms of media leading up to the big Christmas day release. With that much publicity, it must have done gangbusters at the box office, right?
Turns out, The Spirit has only made $10.3 million since its debut, placing it firmly at the number nine spot for the week. Yikes! Movies like Yes Man and The Day the Earth Stood Still, which have been out for a couple of weeks, still did better over the weekend than Frank Miller’s flick.
I didn’t see it, did you? I’m sure the Interweb Nets and early reviews did nothing to help this movie along, but perhaps it will do better in the the home rental market.
“Will Eisner was my mentor, and The Spirit was so awesome a property that I at first thought I was not worthy to do it. And then I couldn’t think of anybody else who was, so I decided that I was the right man for the job.”
- Frank Miller on The Spirit movie
While I like the look of the poster, I’m sad. Not because many are worried Frank Miller is taking a dump on Will Eisner’s creation, but because the latest poster only features Gabriel Macht, and none of the hot ladies from the upcoming Spirit movie.
Dark Horse Comics has announced it will release merchandise and collectibles based on the upcoming Frank Miller movie adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. First up is a bust, based on the likeness of Gabriel Macht, who plays the title character for the movie. Dark Horse is following that up with The Spirit Statue, a snow globe, and a journal, so you can write down all your deepest secrets.
Take the jump for images, and solicitation information on each item.
Diamond Select Toys will bring Frank Miller’s interpretation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit characters to Minimate form in 2009. The company has announced a four character box set, and a Previews Exclusive two-pack, and Major Spoiler has the pictures and info, after the jump!
While I’m sure the Sand Seref and Plaster of Paris figures will sell really well, some of you might want to head over to TNI to see pics of all The Spirit figures Mezco Toyz has lined up for wave 1.
It’s not the whole panel, but the highlights should be fine.
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If you didn’t see the illegal Spirit Trailer that floated around the interwebnets yesterday, you are in luck as you can see the trailer in its official form over at Yahoo!Movies. I’m still not sure the movie is going to be the super hit Sin City and 300 were. It does have some lovely ladies, and I do like the Sand Seref stories that Will Eisner wrote, and Frank Miller has capture the noir look, but I’m not sure I’m digging on the look of the film just yet.
What do you think?
Here is the cover to the latest Comic-Con magazine featuring Samuel L. Jackson as the Octopus on the cover.
I know the first thing out of many commenter’s mouths will be the fact that readers never saw the face of the Octopus in The Spirit comics. As I said over a year ago, the biggest problem with seeing Jackson’s face on screen is the demand for face time. It would be so much nicer if he would have played the entire role in shadow. His voice is famous enough to let audiences know it is him.
This appeared over at MTV. It’s the first trailer for Frank Miller’s adaptation of The Spirit.
At first I was all Hellz Yeah when I heard about this project, but now I’m not so sure. I will go see it, but I don’t think it is going to have the same “spirit”, pardon the pun, that the original Sand Saref story from Eisner that I reviewed last year.
via MTV
Variety is reporting two very attractive actresses – Paz Vega (top) and Jamie King (bottom) – have joined the cast of The Spirit.
Vega will play the knife-wielding Plaster of Paris, and King will portray Lorelei, a phantom siren.
I always thought Will Eisner’s women dripped of sex in the pages of the comics, and it looks like Miller is surrounding himself with real life beauties for the movie.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sarah Paulson has signed on to Will Eisner’s The Spirit movie to be directed by Frank Miller. Paulson will play Commissioner Dolan’s daughter Dr. Ellen Dolan.
Paulson joins leading ladies Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson in the film noir about a rookie cop who returns from the dead to fight crime as the Spirit from the shadows of Central City. However, while Mendes and Johansson are playing femme fatales, Paulson is playing the hero’s true love, Dr. Ellen Dolan, the police commissioner’s daughter.
Remember Paulson as Bunny Yeager in the Notorious Bettie Page? Yummy.
Coming Soon.net’s database has been updated and states Will Eisner’s The Spirit movie is slated for release on January 16, 2009.
Well this film isn’t being released during the holiday season, and isn’t slated to kick off the summer block of films. Could this odd release date mean something?
Ghost Rider star Eva Mendes is joining the cast of Frank Miller’s The Spirit, according to Variety. Mendes will play the leading lady Sand Seref – the only girl to break The Spirit’s heart.
Gabriel Macht has been signed to play the Spirit, with Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson playing Silk N Floss and The Octopuss respectively.
Filming for The Spirit begins in October.
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