Lionsgate Picks Up Miller's Spirit

From SSH, Lionsgate has acquired domestic and U.K. distribution rights to The Spirit, the live adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comic book. Frank Miller wrote the script and will direct.

The Spirit is a man who fakes his own death so he can fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His nemesis is the Octopus, who kills those unlucky enough to see his face and is looking to wipe out the entire city.

Miller, who first got behind the camera to co-direct Sin City with Robert Rodriguez, will make The Spirit his first solo helming effort. Miller created the graphic novels that were adapted into the films Sin City and 300, and the production start of The Spirit will be influenced by the start date of the Sin City sequel that Miller will make with Rodriguez.