We've seen Frank Miller's Sin City comic books come to life on the big screen in the 2005 and 2014 film adaptations that Miller co-directed with Robert Rodriguez, but now a TV series adaptation is in the works at The Weinstein Company (TWC) / Dimension, with two big names working on the project.
According to Deadline, Glen Mazzara is writing a TV series adaptation of the Sin City Dark Horse comics, with Len Wiseman set to direct. Stephen L’Heureux (whose producing credits include Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) is on board the series as a producer, along with Miller, Mazzara, Wiseman, Bob Weinstein, and Harvey Weinstein.
Deadline reports that although the TV series is expected to follow Miller's comics, it will also feature new characters and stories against the neo-noir backdrop of Sin City, all while being a "far departure from the films."
The crime-ridden setting of Sin City is a gritty one, and Mazzara has proven that he can tell captivating stories in dark worlds through his renowned work on The Shield and his time as a showrunner for The Walking Dead and Damien.
Underworld director Wiseman, meanwhile, has directed the pilot episodes for the atmospheric FOX series Sleepy Hollow, which was recently canceled after four seasons, and Lucifer, which just aired its second season finale and will return for a third season.
The Sin City TV series still needs to be picked up by a network and ordered to series, so we'll have to wait and see if this project will come to fruition on screen as it journeys through the earlier stages of development.
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