Ben Breeck
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But I don't know where else to put it.
According to multiple sources, (I first learned about it in Wizard Comic Movie Special) Frank Miller has signed on to co-screenwrite and direct a movie or some movies about Will Eisner's The Spirit, to begin serious casting and production work immediately after Sin City 2 has wrapped.
My speculations about the faithfullnes or lack thereof to the source material, based on what Mr. Miller has said about the 16 year running newspaper supplement and it's main character, are for the D.C. Movies forum, since D.C. now publishes a new Spirit monthly book. What I wish to speak of here is Mr. Miller's fitness as a director in general, at least as the Directors' Guild sees it.
Obviously, from the standards of someone on the street, he showed himself to be an excellent director. Sin City made back it's budget and then some in the theaters, and the DVD sales have been phenomenal. In addition, it was nominated for several Oscars (Mostly technical, to be sure), Golden Globes, and scored highly at several film festivals (mist notably Cannes).
However, it was the Directors' Guild who refused to acknowledge Mr. Miller in the first place with membership, causing Robert Rodriguez to resign. As a result, Mr. Rodriguez now can only direct movies he brings to the studios. In principle, Mr. Miller's situation should be the same. In practice, it isn't. (Mr. Miller didn't bring The Spirit to Warner Brothers or even Michael Uslan, Mr. Uslan found him and signed him [albeit supposedly with Will Eisner's blessing])
The question is this: In the interim between the release of Sin City and now, did the Directors' Guild offer membership to Mr. Miller? The reason I say this is that the release of that movie made them like idiots. If yes, they have hurt their bargaining power with the studios, because they have excluded a very talented director from the business and have acknowleged that fact, making their claimes to have the medium and the position in their best intrests rather hollow. If no, then unless they are prepared to go to court, they have allowed individuals and entire studios to openly flaut contracts made with them.
Obviously, if this were a movie, or one of Mr. Miller's comic books, the Directors' Guild wuold hire someone to rub him out (and I don't mean give him a noogie) making sure to make it look like an accident. But this is real life, and I don't think the Guild is that desparate.
Anybody want to chime in on this one?
According to multiple sources, (I first learned about it in Wizard Comic Movie Special) Frank Miller has signed on to co-screenwrite and direct a movie or some movies about Will Eisner's The Spirit, to begin serious casting and production work immediately after Sin City 2 has wrapped.
My speculations about the faithfullnes or lack thereof to the source material, based on what Mr. Miller has said about the 16 year running newspaper supplement and it's main character, are for the D.C. Movies forum, since D.C. now publishes a new Spirit monthly book. What I wish to speak of here is Mr. Miller's fitness as a director in general, at least as the Directors' Guild sees it.
Obviously, from the standards of someone on the street, he showed himself to be an excellent director. Sin City made back it's budget and then some in the theaters, and the DVD sales have been phenomenal. In addition, it was nominated for several Oscars (Mostly technical, to be sure), Golden Globes, and scored highly at several film festivals (mist notably Cannes).
However, it was the Directors' Guild who refused to acknowledge Mr. Miller in the first place with membership, causing Robert Rodriguez to resign. As a result, Mr. Rodriguez now can only direct movies he brings to the studios. In principle, Mr. Miller's situation should be the same. In practice, it isn't. (Mr. Miller didn't bring The Spirit to Warner Brothers or even Michael Uslan, Mr. Uslan found him and signed him [albeit supposedly with Will Eisner's blessing])
The question is this: In the interim between the release of Sin City and now, did the Directors' Guild offer membership to Mr. Miller? The reason I say this is that the release of that movie made them like idiots. If yes, they have hurt their bargaining power with the studios, because they have excluded a very talented director from the business and have acknowleged that fact, making their claimes to have the medium and the position in their best intrests rather hollow. If no, then unless they are prepared to go to court, they have allowed individuals and entire studios to openly flaut contracts made with them.
Obviously, if this were a movie, or one of Mr. Miller's comic books, the Directors' Guild wuold hire someone to rub him out (and I don't mean give him a noogie) making sure to make it look like an accident. But this is real life, and I don't think the Guild is that desparate.
Anybody want to chime in on this one?
