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Aug 23, 2007
Eva And Scarlett Ride “The Spirit”
Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson will be joining Samuel L. Jackson and Gabriel Macht for writer/director Frank Miller’s big screen adaptation of Will Eisner’s 1940s comic strip “The Spirit.”
Mendes will play the role of Sand Saref, “a beauty with dangerous curves,” while Johansson has agreed to play Silken Floss, a temptress and accomplice to the film’s villain, The Octopus. (played by Jackson).
The film’s lead role is portrayed by Gabriel Macht, best known for small supporting turns in “The Good Shepherd” and “Behind Enemy Lines.”
The story centers on a detective who fakes his own death so he can fight crime as “The Spirit,” a masked vigilante in a crime-ridden Gotham known as Central City.
Frank Miller says his film adaptation will be a contemporary tale with a “timeless feel.”
“The Spirit” is expected to begin shooting in October in New Mexico with a theatrical release set for 2009.
