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 […]
First artwork from Frank Miller’s 300 prequel Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got a glimpse at the first artwork for Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, the upcoming 300 prequel from legendary comic creator Frank Miller; check it out here… Set for release next year from Dark Horse Comics, Xerxes: The Fall of the House of […]
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 […]
Preview of The Complete Frank Miller RoboCop Omnibus
On Wednesday, Boom! Studios releases The Complete Frank Miller RoboCop Omnibus, and we have a preview for you here… The complete collected adaptation of legendary storyteller Frank Miller’s original vision of RoboCop. Included in this omnibus are writer Steven Grant’s (2 Guns) adaptations of the unproduced screenplays for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3 originally written by […]
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 […]