We’ve heard him say it a million times in the past but Robert Rodriguez has once again claimed that the extremely long-gestating Sin City 2 will begin production this summer. The Austin filmmaker was speaking at the South by Southwest festival on Tuesday and was talkative but refused to confirm which of the large original cast would be returning. However he did reveal that he had held talks already with actors for Sin City 2 and also Machete Kills, adding that casting for both movies will be “of the same caliber and eclecticism” as their respective originals.
Rodriguez says he will shoot Machete Kills, a sequel to his 2009 Grindhouse B-movie actioner in April, before moving on to Sin City 2 in the summer. This backs up Frank Miller’s comments back in October that the Sin City sequel would finally get made this year.
The Departed writer William Monahan was hired last year to finalise the Sin City 2 screenplay into something workable and Miller previously revealed their story approach as this;
“‘Sin City’ number two is primarily an adaptation of the book ‘A Dame to Kill For’,” Miller reiterated, then adding: “It also features the short story, ‘Just Another Saturday Night’ and two new stories. One involving Jessica Alba’s character, Nancy Callahan, that I came up with for the movie in order to tie things together and make it be more united with the first.”
Back then Miller didn’t confirm that Jessica Alba would reprise Nancy Callahan but with her recently appearing in Rodriguez’s movies Spy Kids 4 and Machete, there seems little doubt she’ll be back at this stage.
The character is vital to the interlocking and connecting stories coming together. She also appears in A Dame To Kill For, Miller’s most famous Sin City story not yet adapted and a prequel to the previous events, which would see Clive Owen (we think) return as Dwight and Mickey Rourke as Marv and obviously a titular dame is needed! At one point the idea was to cast Angelina Jolie in the role of Ava, the ultimate femme fatale and she would certainly tick our boxes for the part!
Well we think Clive Owen will return as Dwight. He certainly played the character in the original but in the comics (and referred to in the film) he went through major facial reconstructive surgery which could suggest another actor playing the part. Either way, he is the lead of A Dame To Kill For.
