AeroStone

I'll be on those sequels like a hobo on a ham sandwich!

maingon

what about lord of the rings, they were filmed back to back?

Jray

Thanks for answering my question before I even got a chance to post it...

I don't know anything about the Sin City books (save for what I've read here). Good to know that the stories for future movies already exist.

pdinosaur

i repeat, the two towers and return of the king are not sequels.

lord of the rings is a 7 hour movie broken into thirds to literally save our asses.

majorjoe23

That's the most offensive thing I've ever...

Oh, wait, you said hobo

Josh H

True, but Sin City is somewhat similar, in that it's just adapting pre-existing source material, so it shouldn't suffer from being filmed back to back.

I think the problem usually arises with back to back films on new material as not much time is spent on writing the story and dialogue. That's not an issue with Sin City where all they have to do is film the storys.

Hell, they're graphic novels so they already have storyboards so its even easier to do than LOTR.

joeydaninja

Well I for one am happy that Robert Rodriguez didn't get to do John Carter of Mars, because now Kerry Conran gets to do it

Third Baseman

Anyone know if there will be MORE BECKY in the sequels or totally different characters?

Barry Woodward

Fantasy casting:

A Dame To Kill For

Clive Owen as Dwight McCarthy
Mickey Rourke as Marv
Melinda Clarke as Ava Lord
Rosario Dawson as Gail
Devon Aoki as Miho
Cary Elwes as Damien Lord
Michael Clarke Duncan as Manute
Kiefer Sutherland as Mort
Michael Madsen as Bob
John C. Reilly as Agamemnon
Brittany Murphy as Shellie
Jaime King as Goldie/Wendy
Jessica Alba as Nancy Callahan
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Wallenquist (a.k.a. The Kraut)

Family Values

Clive Owen as Dwight McCarthy
Devon Aoki as Miho
Ben Affleck as Vito
Casey Affleck as Lucca
Robert DeNiro as Don Magliozzi
Joe Pesci as Spinelli
Michael Chiklis as Vinnie
Rick Gomez as Klump (a.k.a. Little Boy)
Nick Offerman as Shlubb (a.k.a. Fat Man)
James Gandolfini as Bruno
Eva Mendes as Daisy
Salma Hayek as Carmen
Marg Helgenberger as Peggy
Cheech Marin as Otto
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Wallenquist (a.k.a. The Kraut)
Marisol Nichols as Flirting Policewoman

Hell And Back

Johnny Depp as Wallace
Gina Torres as Esther
Rebecca Romijn as Delia (a.k.a. Blue Eyes)
Josh Hartnett as Colonel (a.k.a. The Man)
Jude Ciccolella as Liebowitz
Christina Hendricks as Mariah
Terry O'Quinn as The Captain
Quentin Tarantino as Jerry
Ron Rifkin as Dr. Fredric
Joel Grey as Orrin
Willem Dafoe as Purvis
Kathy Bates as Mrs. Mendoza
John C. Reilly as Agamemnon

Guest cast for drug induced hallucination sequence:

Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry
Ron Perlman as Hellboy
Daryl Hannah as Mermaid
Antonio Banderas as Zorro

jaeufraser

I just don't really agree with this sentiment. Not that this isn't one big story, but it's a bit far fetched to claim that the only thing making the three LoTR separate are the credits. Thoug they definately continue in the same vein, there are definite stylistic and editing chioces made to make each film work on their own even if part of the larger story. They're still different films and no doubt would be different (thoguh probably slightly) if made to be one long movie. There's a definite division in how the three LoTR movies are made which goes all the way back to the script.

Either way, Sin City is not one long story. Hell, the movie isn't even one story. This is a different type of film and based on what Rodriguez came up with before, he coudl very well turn out two solid films on more material. I think book fans can say whether there's still enough good stuff to make two movies. The precedence set by other films shot back to back means nothing compared to this film...because, well, it never does. What you have here is great material which, given how the first film was done, indicates that if the other preexisting material is good, so will this considering how faithful it is. And considering that the W brothers, Peter Jackson, and Robert Zemeckis have nothing to do with this movie, it just doesn't really mean anything to use that as a reason why this will suck.

milo bloom

Dragging this thread further off topic (I haven't even seen Sin City yet), but I'm not sure I'm following the bit about Doc Brown. Part 2 only dragged for me because they spent too much time in 1955.

And while I generally dislike westerns, the whole train sequence puts my heart in my throat everytime and makes Part 3 worthwhile.

scott shelton

Full agreement there.

RocShemp

In Back To The Future Doc Brown refused to alter future history but at the end of the film he took a new stance ("But then I figured:what the hell?"). Back To The Future ends (and Back To The Future Part II begins) with Doc Brown taking Marty and Jennifer to the future to help out Marty's son from ruining his life with the Courthouse incident. It makes no sense that Doc Brown would be so gung-ho to alter this future even but refuses to let Marty know about his future car accident because he doesn't want to alter the course of future history. That's a big contradiction and it bugs the hell out of me when I watch Back To The Future Part II. I actually liked the revisit to 1955, thus seeing everything again but from a different perspective, and the bit with the alternate 1985.

I really dig Back To The Future Part III because I adore westerns and the train sequence was a whole lot of fun.



Mathew Chmiel/scott shelton:

I think both Matrix sequels are woefully underrated as they are very enjoyable. Same with the Back To The Future sequels.

uhftv

There's still some good source material out there, and they have 2 full movies to use them in. Plus there is extended footage from the first to tie things together nicely. They also have Miller working on the scripts, so I'm not worried that they'll be things put together just for the hell of makin more money, e.g. Spy Kids 2 and 3.

Libby

Good news cant wait!

Duder

So what you're saying is you don't want to see Sin City: The Adventures of Dwight Boy and Miho Girl in 3-D?

uhftv

Not if I can help it..

Although if there was a way to make only the female characters 3-D, then that'd be the way to go.

gerrythedon

Robert Rodriguez confirmed for King Conan
Posted on Sat, 30-Apr-2005

Mr Film Fantastic, Robert Rodriguez, looks set to helm the next "Conan" sequel.

The Arnold Fans has discovered that John Milius, who has been trying to get a third "Conan" film off the ground for longer than gas has fuelled cars, has been given his walking papers - and that Rodriguez, currently spinning a lot of bank with "Sin City", is the Barbarian's new pop.

"John Milius had a 5 year contract to be on the WB lot, however, after WB gave Conan away to Rodriguez, they decided they did not need Milius and kicked him off the lot without renewing his contract", says the site.

Milius had been working on "King Conan" - which tells the story of the Barbarian and his son - for quite a while. It's believed he recently talked to wrestler Triple-H about filling Arnold Schwarzenneger's shoes, upon discovering Arnold's too busy playing Governor.

It's not known whether Rodriguez plans on using Milius' idea for "King Conan" or whether he's going to start afresh, and whether he's going to try and coax Arnold Schwarzenegger back to the role of Conan or take on Milius' idea of bringing in Triple-H.

We shall see.

[MOVIEHOLE.net]

RocShemp

I think Robert Rodriguez is great and all but, if this is true, I don't like this bit of news one bit.

I was really hoping to see Milius' intended ending to the Conan series.

Mustard_Plug

It has been confirmed and suspicisions proven write that Frank Miller will write further chapters for the movie.

Meanwhile, 'The Urge to Purge' wrote in with this "A contact of mine asked Rodriguez about the Sin City "back to back" rumor and found out that it is indeed true. He asked him how can there be enough material for two more movies and Rodriguez answered that " (Frank) Miller is going to write more chapters for the films".

thephantom

That's the first thing I assumed when I heard the news. All the people at the begining of the thread saying it can't be true cause there's not enough source material, hah. It's not like miller is dead or in a coma or something. I wouldn't be suprised to see one of the movies be all new source material.

Mustard_Plug

Yeah I was thinking the same thing while reading the thread before it became too weird. Frank Miller is still doing comics, so i dont know how people didnt put two and two together.

DJ_Spyder

That's good to hear that Miller and Rodriguez will be making two more sequels and shot back to back no less mmmmmmm Miho. Any announcement on the release date of the Sin City dvd?

Matthew Chmiel

Hey, I actually enjoyed Spy Kids 2.

Now Spy Kids 3... don't get me started on that piece of shit...

LorenzoL

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4561547.stm

Sin City writer defends violence
By Caroline Briggs
BBC News entertainment reporter in Cannes

Comic book writer Frank Miller has defended the violence in the film Sin City, which is up for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes film festival.
Miller, who co-directed the £24m film with Robert Rodriguez, deflected criticism that violent films might contribute to a more violent society.

He said the bloodshed and brutality in the film noir, which is based on his graphic novels, are very "stylised".

Bruce Willis, Clive Owen and Jessica Alba star in the film.

Sin City, which is almost entirely in black and white, is one of 21 films in contention for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize.

"Violence is a real catchy buzzword these days," Miller told a press conference.

"Considering most drama since The Iliad and before is extremely violent - because that's how people work problems out - it's a bit ridiculous.

"I don't believe in the "monkey see, monkey do" theory of entertainment.

"The Japanese have the most violent fiction and movies in the world and they have among the lowest crime rate."

Scenes in the ultra-violent movie include a man's arm being shot off, women's heads mounted on plaques hanging on the wall and a severed head being put on a table.

British actor Owen plays a former-photographer and is one of the film's only "good" characters.

Mickey Rourke plays a street-fighter out to avenge a woman's death while Bruce Willis - who was not at the festival - plays a policeman who is jailed for a crime he did not commit.

Owen said: "Getting involved with this project was a huge deal for me. When I first saw the finished film I was completely blown away."

Rodriguez, who wore his trademark cowboy hat, said he was pleased to be in Cannes, the "home" of film noir.

He added work had already started on a sequel to Sin City, and would feature many of the same characters.

He added that the next film would be based on Miller's book, A Dame to Kill For.