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Frank Miller in talks for 'Hard Boiled'
Published Tuesday, Apr 22 2008, 10:42 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Frank Miller has revealed to MTV that he is in talks to direct a big screen version of his own comic book Hard Boiled.
The story focuses on insurance investigator Carl Seitz as he discovers he is a cyborg assassin named Nixon. Miller wrote the original comic in 1990 with Geof Darrow providing art.
Speaking at the NY Comic Con, Miller admitted: "We're talking about [it]. I've got a really unusual way I want to do it."
Miller co-directed Sin City with Robert Rodriguez and is currently working on a film version of The Spirit.
He added: "I'm in love with directing. I've found a way to expand my career. Comics and directing are really two sides of the same coin. That's what Robert Rodriguez taught me... good drama is good drama."
Nicolas Cage and director David Fincher were previously attached to a Hard Boiled film adaptation.
The story focuses on insurance investigator Carl Seitz as he discovers he is a cyborg assassin named Nixon. Miller wrote the original comic in 1990 with Geof Darrow providing art.
Speaking at the NY Comic Con, Miller admitted: "We're talking about [it]. I've got a really unusual way I want to do it."
Miller co-directed Sin City with Robert Rodriguez and is currently working on a film version of The Spirit.
He added: "I'm in love with directing. I've found a way to expand my career. Comics and directing are really two sides of the same coin. That's what Robert Rodriguez taught me... good drama is good drama."
Nicolas Cage and director David Fincher were previously attached to a Hard Boiled film adaptation.
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