Comic book creator Frank Miller has regained the film and TV rights to Sin City, having reached a deal with Lantern Capital partners, who recently acquired the holdings of The Weinstein Company following the latter’s bankruptcy in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Miller had objected to Sin City being part of the TWC […]
Frank Miller teams with Netflix for King Arthur-themed series Cursed
According to Deadline, Netflix has given a ten-episode series order to Cursed, a new original drama series based on the upcoming illustrated YA book of the same name by Frank Miller (Sin City) and Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots). A re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, Cursed is told through the eyes of Nimue, “a teenage […]
Sin City TV series in development from Lucifer and The Walking Dead team
It looks like we can add a new addition to the growing list of comic book adaptations on television, as a show based on Frank Miller’s series of Sin City graphic novels will be making its way to the small screen. Former The Walking Dead showrunner Glen Mazzara and director Len Wiseman, who has not only directed the Underworld film franchise, but also directed […]
Frank Miller on where he would take the Batman movie franchise
Having penned a number of seminal Batman tales including The Dark Knight Returns and Year One, influential comic book creator Frank Miller almost got to make his mark on the Batman movie franchise back in the early 2000s, teaming up with Darren Aronfosky to write a version of Year One, although it was ultimately scrapped […]
X-Men: The real Apocalypse is its continuity!
Tony Black attempts to make sense of the continuity of the X-Men franchise… Have you ever attempted to make sense of the X-Men movie continuity? As in pick apart the entire timeline of events across the eight, soon to be nine films in the franchise? Of course not, you all have lives. You have friends […]
Frank Miller talks Darren Aronofsky’s aborted Batman: Year One movie
Before Christopher Nolan relaunched the Batman franchise with Batman Begins, Warner Bros. had enlisted Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) for an adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic Batman: Year One, with Miller himself helping to pen the script. Aronofsky’s plan was to “toss out everything you can imagine about Batman” and start afresh, with the duo […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Ricky Church begins his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns… In the 75+ years the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight have existed, there has been a wealth of stories involving two of the world’s greatest heroes. With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice arriving in […]
Daredevil showrunner responds to Frank Miller’s criticism about Elektra’s inclusion in season 2
Back in December, legendary comic book creator Frank Miller had some harsh words about Elektra’s upcoming inclusion in the second season of the Marvel / Netflix series Daredevil, telling the crowd at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience that, “they can do whatever they want, that is not her.” Well, speaking to Entertainment Weekly, season two co-showrunner Doug […]
Frank Miller to return with The Dark Knight IV, Dark Knight Returns prequel The Last Crusade set to arrive in February
Whiel DC’s upcoming limited series Dark Knight III: The Master Race has been billed as the final chapter of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns trilogy, the acclaimed comic book creator has revealed to Newsrama that he’s now working on a fourth part in the series. “I thoroughly applaud what [writer Brian Azzarello is] doing [on Dark […]
Frank Miller working on new Sin City yarn
Not only is Frank Miller returning to Batman for the upcoming Dark Knight III: The Master Race [check out a preview here], but the acclaimed comic book creator has revealed at the New York Comic Con that he’s currently working on a new Sin City yarn. “I’m in the studio drawing every day now,” said […]
