Ronin!

[Antonello Blueberry]

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1864&Itemid=99

Sylvain White to direct Frank Miller's Ronin!

Written by Robert Sanchez
Saturday, 10 February 2007
At the press day for 300, producer Gianni Nunnari told the IESB directly, plans for his next project, Ronin. An adaptation of another of Frank Miller's works, Nunnari has tapped Sylvain White (Stomp The Yard) to direct.

Gianni has a first look deal with Warner Bros. and owns the rights to Miller's Ronin for the big screen adaptation.
Ronin tells the tale of a dishonored 13th-century samurai who is reborn in a corrupt and computerized 21st century New York with one last chance for redemption. His quest takes him through the violent Manhatten netherworld, and brings him face-to-face with passion, betrayal, murder... and the reincarnation of his sworn enemy, the ancient demon Agat. On a bleak and decaying battleground, the two foes wage a final war: to settle past debts, and for the soul of a dying civilization.
Frank Miller has described Ronin as, "It's a superhero, science fiction, samurai drama, urban nightmare, gothic romance."
Sylvain White's most recent work was as director on Stomp The Yard that dealt with stepping — a tradition among black fraternities and sororities in the United States.

 

[Hunter Rider]

When i first saw the title i figured this was in the wrong section but when i saw who made the thread that seemed unlikely,ive never heard of this book but the premise sounds great,not sure about the director choice though

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

Jesus, they couldn't get anyone better than the guy who made such masterpieces as "Trois 3: The Escort" and "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer"? Wow.

 

[Lighthouse]

Wow, what the hell happened to WB the last few weeks?

 

[CAH]

Great Comic...Horrible Director...Most Likely Horrible Adaptation.

That's all there is to it. Darren Aronofsky SHOULD have got this job, he wanted it.

CAH

 

[CAH]

Wow, what the hell happened to WB the last few weeks?

Seriously now...this is getting really stupid.

It's like they WANT their films to suck.

CAH

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Great Comic...Horrible Director...Most Likely Horrible Adaptation.

That's all there is to it. Darren Aronofsky SHOULD have got this job, he wanted it.

CAH

As I said somewhere else after the Batman:Year One script and The Fountain, I strongly doubt that at WB they will have Aronofsky on a high budgeted project for a long time.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

When i first saw the title i figured this was in the wrong section but when i saw who made the thread that seemed unlikely,ive never heard of this book but the premise sounds great,not sure about the director choice though

The book was good. Apart from a Christmas Batman story, I think this was the first work of Miller for DC.
http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1423

 

[CrimsonMist]

Sounds interesting. I have the book. It was alright at best. I thought the ending was rather weak and anti-climatic, and even confusing to an extent. I have to re-read it though. I just remember it being really slow. But a movie would, visually i think, be fantastic.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Eh, could work, but I'm still a bit uneasy. Not just because Stomp the Yard probably isn't the greatest movie, but really isn't one that makes you think he could do a massive action epic like Ronin.

 

[C. Lee]

I haven't read this since it came out (but I still have it)....I'll have to dig it out and reread it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The book was good. Apart from a Christmas Batman story, I think this was the first work of Miller for DC.
http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1423

I think i might pick this up,what would you say the futuristic world in the book resembles ?

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5206


Director Sylvain White Talks Ronin
Source:BlackFilm.com
February 11, 2007

Our pal Wilson at BlackFilm.com scored an exclusive interview with director Sylvain White, who is likely to follow his hit dance movie Stomp the Yard with a foray into the world of Frank Miller, having been tagged to helm a movie based on Miller's 1983 mini-series Ronin.

The mini-series told the tale of a 13th Century Japanese samurai who was reborn into a 21st Century New York, where he faced the reincarnation of an ancient demon called Agat.

When asked what stage the film was at, White responded, "We are working off different scripts and trying to polish them. We are working off different versions that we got a couple of different authors. There's a really nice presentation that goes with it. It's basically saving the world back and forth and looking to develop it further once we set it up with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has a first look deal on the film after the project was placed in turnaround."

You can read the entire interview where White talks about getting the gig and how he'll be proceeding on BlackFilm.com.

 

[Caliber]

Wow, what the hell happened to WB the last few weeks?

They had flashbacks of the good old days when they made stupid choices. Stomp the yard looked the most ******ed attempt to make a story about dancing or pretend it is dancing. Get Rodriguez and Miller to make this film.

 

[CrimsonMist]

To go off topic for a brief while, today i received the Frank Miller's Robocop TPB in the mail. With everyone suddenly wanting to do these faithful adaptations of Miller's work, has anyone thought that now could be the time that we see a movie based on Miller's original ideas for Robocop 2 and 3? Would any of you people here be into that idea?

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

To go off topic for a brief while, today i received the Frank Miller's Robocop TPB in the mail. With everyone suddenly wanting to do these faithful adaptations of Miller's work, has anyone thought that now could be the time that we see a movie based on Miller's original ideas for Robocop 2 and 3? Would any of you people here be into that idea?

Much too late. They had their chance back in '89 to make the greatest sci-fi movie ever, instead they botched it. Robocop franchise has been officially dead for quite some time, it wouldn't make sense doing a remake of a sequel to a 1987 movie now.

 

[IKnowSomeJudo]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5206


Director Sylvain White Talks Ronin
Source:BlackFilm.com
February 11, 2007

Our pal Wilson at BlackFilm.com scored an exclusive interview with director Sylvain White, who is likely to follow his hit dance movie Stomp the Yard with a foray into the world of Frank Miller, having been tagged to helm a movie based on Miller's 1983 mini-series Ronin.

The mini-series told the tale of a 13th Century Japanese samurai who was reborn into a 21st Century New York, where he faced the reincarnation of an ancient demon called Agat.

When asked what stage the film was at, White responded, "We are working off different scripts and trying to polish them. We are working off different versions that we got a couple of different authors. There's a really nice presentation that goes with it. It's basically saving the world back and forth and looking to develop it further once we set it up with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has a first look deal on the film after the project was placed in turnaround."

You can read the entire interview where White talks about getting the gig and how he'll be proceeding on BlackFilm.com.

You can tell he's pretty much clueless. "Yeah, it's like, we're working on it, and like, it's about saving the world 'n' ****."

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

http://www.comics2film.com/StoryFrame.php?f_id=25112

Part one of Comics2Film's exclusive interview with Gianni Nunnari focused on the producer's current release "300". The producer also talked to us about he hopes will be his follow up film, an adaptation of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel "Ronin".

The book tells the tale of a Japanese warrior, re-born in a dystopian future world to do battle with the demon that destroyed his life.

Nunnari is developing the film with director Sylvain White, who is currently developing a script with a writing partner.

White, who broke out as a director this year with the successful street-dance film "Stomp the Yard". With only one major theatrical release under his belt, White may seem like an unconventional choice to helm an ambitious science fiction action film. However Nunnari has every confidence.
Frank Miler's Ronin

"From the beginning nothing looks like the normal choice. It's very easy to judge things when the movie's done," Nunnari said. He likened the process to judge what kind of adult a child will be after he's taken his first steps.

"Sylvain is a successful commercial director. He turned a small movie into a big success," the producer said. The situation is not unlike that of "300" director Zack Snyder, who took on that epic film after scoring a hit with "Dawn of the Dead." That choice looks like a risk that's paid off.

"Sylvain has a precise vision, which is [like '300'], very respectful of the comic book," Nunnari said. "'Ronin' is a unique piece devoted to many styles of many classic movies, especially action movies. We are trying to keep the same style of the comic book of Frank and that's the way we would like to maintain the vision to the end."

Like "300" and "Sin City", "Ronin" will likely be filmed using a virtual sound stage and a computer-rendered set.

"We are recreating certain worlds. Sometimes the world is in the past. Sometimes the world is in the future. I think that that's a good way to keep the audience into the imaginary world of Frank Miller," said Nunnari. "We're going to use most of the same technicians, visual effects. We want to get it to another level, but we will try to keep the same style, through the lens of the director, but that's the way we'll try to do Ronin too."

 

[ShadowBoxing]

This will only be good if Sylvain White is sitting in the directors chair just so they can make the movie (with Frank Miller ACTUALLY calling the shots).

 

[Sandman138]

Damn, the one Frank Miller book that I REALLY like, the inspiration for Samurai Jack, an opportunity for a genuinely badass movie... and this is the one they choose to ******* into the dustbin. For shame WB. Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeee-ah.

 

[Noir]

...Who the hell at WB was watching Stomp the Yard and said: "This movie has intense samurai action, griping drama, and high use of CGI.. This Director must helm Ronin!"

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

...Who the hell at WB was watching Stomp the Yard and said: "This movie has intense samurai action, griping drama, and high use of CGI.. This Director must helm Ronin!"

Maybe they saw something else from the director that convinced them, like some commercials. Something that you probably didn't see.

 

[Noir]

Maybe they saw something else from the director that convinced them, like some commercials. Something that you probably didn't see.

Something we all didn't see..

 

[Ben Breeck]

Funny, I thought they had at least two Ronin movies out. One starring Robert DeNiro and the other with Christopher Lambert.

 

[Punch]

Let's be fair every director has to start somewhere,(I'm assuming he hasn't directed many movies) and I don't blame him that Stomp The Yard looks like it sucks. Maybe he can't make a good teen dance movie, but can make an awesome Sci-Fi/ samurai action movie?