The 2005 film adaptation, Sin City, focused mostly on the first, third, and fourth books in the series ( The Hard Goodbye, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard). The yarns aren't necessarily connected, but they all take place in the same fictional world, and various characters recur in different stories.

Miller has said he wanted it to be 'a world out of balance, where virtue is defined by individuals in difficult situations, not by an overwhelming sense of goodness that was somehow governed by this godlike Comics Code.' So we get stories, or 'yarns,' about one man's brutal rampage to avenge his lover's killer gang wars and the hunt for a disfigured serial killer targeting young women.

And Miller drew on classic pulp fiction for the writing as well.Īlmost every inhabitant of Sin City is corrupt, from the police department to the wealthy Roark family dynasty, with different factions carving out niches in the overall hierarchy. The series art was noteworthy for its unique aesthetic, drawn almost entirely in black and white, with occasional bright splashes of color (red, yellow, blue, or pink) to highlight certain characters. A longtime fan of film noir, especially the films of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Miller wanted to bring that same tone to Sin City, an anthology of stories set in the fictional Western town of Basin City (aka Sin City). Miller cut his teeth in the 1980s on Marvel Comics' Daredevil series and DC Comics' The Dark Knight Returns. Given that Miller wants the series to rate a hard 'R,' streaming seems the most likely option. The agreement comes with a first season guarantee, pending a partnership with one of the major networks or streaming platforms.

Miller just inked a deal with Legendary Television for the project, and apparently a similar agreement is close to completion with Robert Rodriguez, who collaborated with Miller on the film adaptions of the comic series in 20. We're getting a TV adaptation of Sin City, Frank Miller's series of neo-noir comics inspired by crime pulp fiction, Deadline Hollywood reports.

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