Three years after the theatrical sequelSin City: A Dame to Kill Forhit theaters, it seems theSin Cityfranchise is moving to the small screen. TWC-Dimension has brought on formerWalking Deadshowrunner Glen Mazarra to write the pilot script and Len Wiseman to direct the first episode. They will both executive produce alongside Stephen L’Heureux (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For), original comic book creator Frank Miller,Bob Weinsteinand Harvey Weinstein.
Deadlinefirst broke the news of thisSin CityTV series, revealing that the project is being crafted as a big departure from the two theatrical films, 2005’sSin Cityand 2014’sSin City: A Dame to Kill For. While no specifics were given, this TV series will introduceoriginal charactersand timelines within the “Sin Cityuniverse.” The report also reveals that “networks are circling” this project, but it hasn’t found a home quite yet.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a potentialSin City TV series. Back in November 2013, nearly a year beforeSin City: A Dame to Kill Forhit theaters, The Weinstein Company was developing aSin Cityseries, claiming that both Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez would be involved. Today’s report doesn’t mention Robert Rodriguez being involved, which makes sense since the filmmaker is currently prepping 20th Century Fox’s highly-anticipatedAlita: Battle Angel, which hits theaters next summer. Still, even that report from November 2013 suggested the TV series was still in early stages of development, and it seemingly never got off the ground until now.
Robert RodriguezandFrank Millerboth directed 2005’sSin Cityand 2014’sSin City: A Dame to Kill For. While the originalSin Citymovie was a critical darling and a modest box office hit ($74.1 million domestic, $158.7 million worldwide, $40 million budget), the sequelSin City: A Dame to Kill Forwas poorly received by fans and critics alike. The sequel earned a paltry $13.7 million domestic and $39.4 million worldwide from an undisclosed budget. There had been talk of aSin City 3, but nothing has moved forward at this time.
Frank Miller’s firstSin City storyappeared in the Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special in April, 1991, which would become the first of a 13-part serial that would eventually make up the trade paperback known asThe Hard Goodbye. He would go on to write six more trade paperbacks,A Dame to Kill For,The Big Fat Kill,That Yellow Bastard,Family Values,Booze, Broads & BulletsandHell & Back, which were all published throughout the 1990s. There are still several characters from the books that haven’t been seen in the movies, so there is certainly plenty of stories and characters to draw from. Hopefully we’ll have more on thisSin CityTV series soon.
