Frank Miller's RONIN Coming to us in 3D?

Movie Frank Miller by Joey Paur

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It would surprise me if every movie for now on is going to be filmed in 3D. I think we are at a point where we just have to accept that this is the direction Hollywood is going and move on.

We reported earlier that Frank Miller's comic book Ronin was going to be made into a film, and now the director of the film Sylvain White is talking about it. White is the guy who directed Stomp the Yard and is currently shooting the film adaptation of DC/Vertigo's comic The Losers. He goes on to say:

It's still being developed. I just got a new draft a week ago. It's looking really good and promising. I hope it gets to go... [Mine is] a big-budget, big blockbuster take on it. I'd love to do it in 3D. I think it'd be ridiculous and amazing.


I am excited to hear the the project is still a go and is currently in development. I'm not sure if you've heard of the comic or not, but it was released back in 1983/1984 by DC Comics. The story blends feudal Japan with a darkly futuristic, cyberpunk New York city, telling the story of a reincarnated Ronin and his final showdown with the soul of the man who killed his master. Theere's no doubt the story will make a insanely awesome film, I've been wanting to see this adapted intio a movie after I first read it. I just hope White will do some justice. He goes on to say:

I think it'd make a brilliant video game as well, something along the lines of 'Assassin's Creed' but from a first-person perspective. I think it's just a great property and a great concept. It's got so many ideas in it in terms of commentary and philosophy. Frank Miller is a genius when it comes to that. It took so long because the source material is so complex. It's very difficult, and it's not linear, and it doesn't really fit into a film format off the bat. It's not a straight adaptation like '300' was or even 'Watchmen.' It's not as simple. Zack [Snyder]'s going to kill me. [Laughs] But I think with 'Ronin' we need a little bit of streamlining, otherwise it's too esoteric. You need a little bit of streamlining, but the story and the characters, if I get to do that movie, will all be there. I'm the guy who wants to respect the authors and the source material as a fan of graphic novels who grew up reading them whether it be in Europe or here. It's something that needs to be done right, and it hasn't really been done right.


I sounds like he has a grasp of the story, so that's a good sign. I just hope he doesn't overanylize it too much. He tahen describes his vision for the design of the film.

The fortunate thing is that 'Ronin' is some Frank's earlier work. What's great and what for me works in the graphic novel, aesthetically-speaking, is the design of Aquarius... the design of New York. So I would pay homage to him more in the production design versus the actual frames. The frames in 'Ronin' are some beautiful frames, and some I would go with, but what's beautiful to me about 'Ronin' is the production design and the character design and the colors that are used. I think framing – you can frame things with much more depth and beauty on film than you can in a graphic. Replicating frames... that's a different language. You want to always stay true to the graphic novel, but you're watching a different medium. You never want to remind the audience that they're watching a graphic novel or [an adaptation of] a graphic novel source. You just want them to watch a great movie. And if they know it's based on a graphic novel, awesome. And if you make the fans happy because you paid good tribute to the source material, awesome. I don't think you make fans happy by just replicating frames. What they want to see is that you stayed true to the story, true to the characters and true to the design.


I am really excited in seeing this movie come to life, but as much as I like what the director is saying, talk is one thing, delivering the goods is another. I wasn't impressed with Stomp the Yard, so we will have to see how well he does with The Losers before we can see how good of a director he really is. Regardless, Ronin was a kick ass comic book and I can't wait to see it in movie form.

Source: Comingsoon

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