NYCC '08 VIDEO - THE SPIRIT INTERVIEW PREVIEW, Part 2
Not to be lost in the virtual boon of comic book-based films in production is perhaps one of the more intriguing entries, the big-screen adaptation of Will Eisner's seminal The Spirit, directed by arguably the most influential comic book creator of the last two decades, Frank Miller.
In part two of this 2-part interview preview, the film's producers Michael Uslan and Deborah Del Prete discuss casting the film, including how the late Will Eisner actually had some influence over who was eventually cast in the title role, and the things Will Eisner/The Spirit fans will go crazy for when they see it on-screen …
In part one, Uslan and Del Prete discuss being able to make movies that look like the comic book art it's adapting, the fact (in Uslan's judgment) Hollywood finally "gets" comic books are not just about superheroes, and using digital production techniques pioneered in Sin City and 300 and inventing new ones to take the art of comic book adaptation to "a new level"…
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