By the time Sin City: A Dame to Kill For opens in a few months it will have been nine years between films, with a couple of delays thrown in for good measure. Despite Sin City performing well, Robert Rodriguez's busy schedule doesn't bode well for the chances of a third movie any time soon, but perhaps the serialized nature of Frank Miller's comic would work better on the small screen, anyway? Bob and Harvey Weinstein seem to think so, and in an interview with The New York Times, talked about bringing Sin City to TV...
Bob Weinstein, interviewed separately from his brother, said he was developing original projects that would be in tune with his horror- and action-oriented Dimension brand, along with several shows based on movies he has overseen for the company. He is preparing a pilot based on the “Scream” films for MTV, for instance, and developing a proposed 10-part series with Frank Darabont, based on Dimension’s film version of Stephen King’s “The Mist.”
Mr. Weinstein said he was also hoping to quickly follow the August release of the film “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, with a “Sin City” television series from Mr. Miller and Mr. Rodriguez.
Weinstein also mentioned Silver Linings Playbook and August: Osage County as more recent films that could work well as TV shows. Sin City would probably turn out the best of these since it's basically tailor made for episodic television, but I'm quite intrigued by seeing what could be done with The Mist, a film I absolutely love. Keeping a close eye on this story.
