The spirit

I’m not gonna try to emphasize my feelings too much but it’s gonna be hard. I’m a geek, I’ve try to cured myself from that quite a few times but it didn’t work quite well. Worst of all, the disease have spread in my mind and turn me into what you can call the uber geek. The kind of geek that goes postal while watching the teaser trailer for a simple movie…ok for the 50^th times of the day. Do you think I should go and see a doctor? Honestly I definitely start to think so. Why? Cause the spirit is driving me crazy.

A few months ago I didn’t know anything about this comic book hero and then the news caught me by surprise. A period movie in a style similar to Sin city…but done by Frank Miller. I was already hooked and then come the fatal blow. Samuel Jackson was signed to play the villain. Did I need to say more? Any normal geeks understand me , we’re not talking about a normal actor…We’re talking about Samuel L Jackson and having him playing a lead villain in an universe like the one of the Spirit is more than enough to put me on the edge of my seat. The question than a lot of you may asked to themselves is pretty simple but what the hell is THE SPIRIT. Good question and the answer is about to follow my friends.

Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (300 and  SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the SPIRIT (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the OCTOPUS (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he’s going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City’s rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are ELLEN DOLAN (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; SILKEN FLOSS (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; PLASTER OF PARIS (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; LORELEI (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and MORGENSTERN (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop.

Then of course, there’s SAND SAREF (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She’s the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him?

In the vein of BATMAN BEGINS , THE SPIRIT takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again. Honestly don’t you hear this little voice in the back of your head? The one telling you that there is a good amount of chances that you’re about to witness something really interesting. You’re not buying it yet? Ok  just take a look at the lead trio Gabriel Macht may be a fresh face impossible not to admit that he has the right one for the job. I’m not playing the plant by saying that but he looks great in the spirit outfit ( those who saw the now forbidden pre prod pictures in front of the green screen will understand what I’m talking about…the other will have to wait but  it’s gonna worth it.) . Samuel Jackson will be playing his first villain and once again those who saw the “pics” knows that this character promise to be insane mark my words insane… And to finish just look at the female cast and any normal guys would have a lot of troubles resisting the urge of seeing the movie… Paz vega and eva mendes what else I can ask…hmmm maybe Scarlett Johansson,oops she's already there damn :). But all that would not be nothing without a man with a real vision and passion for this project. Frank Miller has been for a long time in love with the work of  Will Eisner and what can be done with the character of the Spirit. Now has come the time to prove that he was the right guy for the job. The teaser trailer released recently is a step in the good direction. I’m definitely hooked and can’t wait for more!

Odd Lot Entertainment and Lionsgate are production partners on THE SPIRIT. Lionsgate has domestic and

U.K.rights and is scheduled to release the film January 16, 2009 ( so far away... :s). Odd Lot’s Deborah Del Prete and Gigi Pritzker will produce along with Michael Uslan of Batfilm Productions Inc. Batfilm co-founder Benjamin Melniker and Steven Maier and Odd Lot’s Bill Lischak are executive producers. Odd Lot's Linda McDonough and Batfilm/Comic Book Movies’ F.J. DeSanto serve as co-producers.