Go down the right back alley in Sin City.....and you can find anything.

I mentioned before that I would in time be posting about some of the films to look forward to in 2005. The film that I personally am anticipating the most is "Sin City".

Sin City in this case does not refer to Las Vegas, just a fictional facsimile of the quasi-Elvis filled city. It is the creation of Frank Miller, a comic book writer. After years of working on comic books such as Batman and Daredevil, Miller released the first of the Sin City graphic novels. Shunning color and typical comic book themes, the author created a grizzly 'noir' story in stark black and white color only. Sticking to purely adult themes of revenge and hatred, Miller knocked the comic book industry on its ear.

Now three of his stories are being brought to the big screen by director Robert Rodriguez ("Desperado", "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", "Spy Kids"). Rodriguez will share directorial duties and credit with Miller himself. In fact, Rodriguez went so far as to leave the Directors Guild of America so that Miller would be allowed screen credit. There are also rumors that Quentin Tarantino was brought in to help directed one of the film's three stories.

The movie is rumored to actually tell three mostly-separate stories. This explains why there are so many roles in the film that went to well know stars of the big and small screen. Three actors who were at one time rumored to star in this film are Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Douglas, and Johnny Depp. In each of those cases the actor ended up not being in the film. The cast list is nevertheless very impressive.
The cast includes:
Bruce Willis (you all know him)
Clive Owen ("Closer", "King Arthur")
Mickey Rourke ("Man on Fire", "Body Heat", "9 1/2 Weeks")
Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the Rings")
Rosario Dawson (Who will be playing Mimi in the upcoming film version of "Rent")
Jessica Alba ("Dark Angel")
Brittany Murphy ("8 Mile", "Little Black Book"-we'll all try hard to forgive her for this)
Jamie King ("Bulletproof Monk")
Maria Bello ("The Cooler", "Secret Window")
Carla Gugino ("Spy Kids", "Snake Eyes")
Alexis Bledel ("Gilmore Girls")
Josh Hartnett ("40 Days and 40 Nights", "Pearl Harbor")
Nick Stahl ("Terminator 3")
Benecio Del Toro ("Traffic", "The Way of the Gun", "Snatch", "The Usual Suspects", "21 Grams")
Michael Clarke Duncan ("Green Mile", "The Whole Nine Yards")
Michael Masden ("Tilt", "Kill Bill Vol 2", "Reservoir Dogs")

Pretty impressive eh?


You can view the film's trailer here. If you are curious about the music playing in the background during the trailer it is "Cells" by a British rock band called "The Servant"