Despite recent reports that Frank Miller’s “Sin City 2” is fully on track to begin production next year, director Robert Rodriguez recently indicated that that filming may not start as soon as we expected.
“I can't say no, because I don't know it's no,” said Rodriguez when asked about the status of “Sin City 2” during an interview with ComingSoon.net. “I know Frank wants to do it. I know I want to do it. It's always sort of a 'time permitting' kind of thing. But it's not like I can tell you definitely we're starting . It's not my next picture, I know that. It doesn't mean that it's not the picture right after 'cause that's still a possibility.”
Rodriguez also indicated that the script for “Sin City 2” was written back in 2007 and may need additional revisions. He also confirmed that the script was based on pre-existing “Sin City” stories along with some additional material created for the film — as opposed to the previously rumored completely original story.
“Well, it's one Frank wrote and we have to look at [the script] now and go, ‘Is this really the one?’, explained Rodriguez. “I think it's built up so much that, like, are we really going to satisfy everybody with what we have or should we add to it?”
“It's the thing we had always talked about doing,” continued Rodriguez. “But now two years later we'd probably make some adjustments. Nothing that would take a long time. We could already start and in pre-production fix anything we wanted to.”
Rodriguez indicated that his next film may be a reboot of “Spy Kids” and he also mentioned that he is still involved with the potential film adaptation of Mike Allred’s “Madman.”
“Yeah, I still have [‘Madman’},” said Rodriguez. “It's at Weinstein. They still have that for me to produce. So after doing this I have some ideas on how to bring that to life. But that would be good to do.”
Do you think Rodriguez should direct “Sin City 2” next? Do you want to see an original “Sin City 2” script or an adaptation of Frank Miller’s earlier stories? And who would you cast as Madman in Rodriguez’ film? Let us know what you’re thinking in our comment section or on Twitter!