Will Buck Rogers Grab Frank Miller’s Attention Before Sin City 2?

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 19, 2008

Buck Rogers!

As I wade through all the negativity surrounding Frank Miller’s adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, the light at the end of the tunnel has been the expectation that I’d hear an announcement that Miller would turn his attention to Sin City 2 as soon as his current project hit theaters.

But today, The Hollywood Reporter is Hollywood reporting that Miller may turn his attention to Buck Rogers, the iconic science fiction figure, instead.

Odd Lot, the production company that teamed with Miller for The Spirit, are looking into purchasing the rights. Now that Miller is attached, he’ll write and direct the feature.

Obviously, I’m stoked that Buck Rogers will be making it onto the big screen after a long history in almost every medium possible, but even I’m wary of Miller taking the reigns. I’m still reserving judgment on The Spirit, but it’s been buried by negative buzz and reviews, so the prospect of Miller getting his hands on another iconic property should cause a little handwringing. Plus, if he makes this his next project, we’ll have to wait even longer for a sequel to Sin City which is what got him into the film game in the first place.

What do you think? Are you excited to see Frank Miller tackle Buck Rogers? Scared to see him eviscerate a classic character? Would you rather him direct an adaptation of Duck Dodgers? Me, too.

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790

As far as reimagining old movie's goes, (Buck Rogers) is prime meat!

Frank Millers gonna need a new direction after "The Spirit",,, I mean come on?
That films gonna hurt his rep,,, (imo)
790

RUF**kingKiddingme?

Who the hell is going to give a shit about this?!

Rob_Hunter

Remember the episode with the Space Vampire? He'd walk towards you with his arm outstretched, index and little fingers extended towards your throat... Scary shit. What was this article about again?

Malcolm Reynolds

does frank miller just walk into film studios and say "this used to be a comic remember? yeah it was pretty good in the day, so how bout you give me a huge budget to make it black and white with some color, mostly cgi and then just shit on it."

Alericc

Frank reminds me of Actors who want to be Musicians, most of them fail. Translation, stick to what you do best and leave the work of directing to Directors.

lordbeagle

I'm on board with this film if Gil Gerard is still available. Gimmie more Wilma (Erin Gray) and Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley). I'm also sure Gary Coleman isn't too busy nowadays so he can reprise his role as Hieronymous Fox . Just a thought.

Matt

I honestly dont care. I love Frank Miller but he needs to stick to writing.

Mladen

Frank Miller hasn't made anything decent since the 80s, writing or otherwise. The thoroughly overrated Sin City movie is not an exception.

DMuff

I want to hold out my judgement but it is starting to seem that Sin City may be Frank Miller's lone bright spot, I would say it may be slightly overrated but at the time there was nothing like it. I'm still looking forward to the sequel and even if it's another couple years I'm sure it will do well in the box office as most hyped sequels do.

Will Buck Rogers Grab Frank Miller’s Attention Before Sin City 2?

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