Superherohype.com has a cool video of “The Spirit” online now. It features Frank Miller talking about how a scene was made via green screen. It’s interesting to go behind the scenes and see how it’s put together, because it all looks so real on the big screen - to me anyway! ...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Studio: Warner Bros. Rated: PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking. Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Julia Ormond Directed by: David Fincher What it’s about: The son of a...

The Spirit (2008) Written and Directed by Frank Miller Starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of stylized violence and action, some sexual content and brief nudity. Story: After an incident in the line of duty left him about dea...

Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, relative newcomer Gabriel Macht and others made their way out to the Grauman’s Chinese Theater for the Hollywood premiere of their new movie The Spirit amid the freezing cold rain that fell here last night. Directed by visionary filmmaker Fran...

Whether it’s the boy-wonder looking mask of the protagonist (ok it’s a little different..), the Frank Miller-esque directorial style, or the strange-looking character named Octopus that Samuel L. Jackson portrays, you have to love The Spirit . The film debuts in theatres on December 25, ...

Filed under: Action, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Images Another new (and improved, in my opinion) image of Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus in The Spirit has been revealed, courtesy of Comic Con Magazine (click image to enlarge). Directed by Frank Miller (Sin City,...

In a cry for help not-so-curiously coinciding with this week's surge in comics-to-film blockbusters, Lionsgate announced Tuesday that it plans to bump up Frank Miller's adaptation of The Spirit from Jan. 16, 2009, to Dec. 25 of this year. And why not? Flanked by fellow Christmas Day releases Bedtime...

Talking at the Spirit panel at New York Comic Con, the lecherous director Frank Miller (strangely, while dressed as a unshaven Spirit) spoke of his unending admiration for his mentor Will Eisner's comic, and of his hope of faithfully recreating it on the screen. So I find it a bit odd that, as many ...

The word over at Superhero Hype is the Lionsgate has already negotiated with Frank Miller to direct two sequels to his Sin City-style green screen comic book caper The Spirit . If true, this would indicate tremendously sweet buzz on the project, as the main character, a detective who fakes his death...