Sin City 2 Moves Away from Weinsteins
Wed, April 8, 2009 
If my "Encyclopedia of Nerd Knowledge" is correct, we were supposed to have seen a sequel to Sin City by Summer 2006 originally. As I recall, the rumors were that Robert Rodriguez specifically wanted Angelina Jolie to be a part of the production and was willing to wait for her availability - she was preggers around that time.
Then there were rumblings that Rodriquez and Frank Miller were going to go ahead and film two sequels con-currently. And then I remember...to be honest I pretty much stopped paying attention to Sin City 2 news by that point.
Sure, you'd always hear someone remark, "Yeah, Frank's writing it!" But I didn't give it much thought. Despite the fact that it was quiet a big hit, I assumed any sequels would never see the light of day - even with the recent stories that Miller had completed the script.
Interestingly however, the good folks over at IESB have received word that the Weinstein Company have now lost the rights to any Sin City sequels and that a private equity group will pony up the money with Rodriquez's Trouble Maker Studios producing yet again(!)
One wonders if Mickey Rourke will now return as Marv - easily the best performance from the original film. During his press-tour for The Wrestler, he'd indicted that he wasn't willing to come back. I suppose it was "beneath him" or something.
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Sin City type visuals have had their day.