New Images from Frank Miller’s THE SPIRIT

Lionsgate sure knows how to get comics fans excited. Their release date for Frank Miller’s adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit is January 19, 2009, yet the assets and photos keep on coming. Here are the film’s newest production stills — which Lionsgate reminds us are “never-before-seen”. (Click on the photos to see ‘em big and pretty.)

Samuel L. Jackson as The Octopus in Frank Miller’s The Spirit
Samuel L. Jackson as archenemy The Octopus

Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss in Frank Miller’s The Spirit
Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss

And in case you haven’t seen the official teaser poster:
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Teaser Poster

Miller is writing and directing this screen version of the Eisner comic, about a cop back from the dead (Gabriel Macht as The Spirit). Jackson plays his evil foe, and Johansson, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega, Jaime King and Stana Katic play assorted Central City babes.

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April 12th, 2008
Categories: Movie Posters, Action Movies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager

6 Comments

  1. Comment by hk on April 14, 2008 11:22 am

    Sweeeeeeeet! Oh, my Scarlett.

  2. Comment by Coquito Von Tito on April 16, 2008 5:09 am

    Sweet poster!

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  5. Comment by Ivor on June 21, 2008 1:56 am

    I used to read “The Spirit” all the time. I never saw any reference to him being a cop who was back from the dead. He was just a bumbling good hearted guy with no superpowers. The only thing special about him was that he wore an eye mask and black leather gloves. That’s what I liked about him. He was just a regular Joe. Gets my vote for best written comic book ever. Hope they don’t ruin the spirit of The Spirit.

  6. Comment by Norm Schrager on June 22, 2008 9:43 am

    - Ivor -

    You’re right, so I looked into the details further.

    Eisner’s original character was a PI doused with enough dangerous chemicals to give the impression he was dead. Lionsgate summarizes the plot for Miller’s film version with: “the story of a former rookie-cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as The Spirit.”

    -Norm S. (Meet In the Lobby)

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