The Spirit Teaser Trailer Screams

It’s time to mark your calendars for January, 16, 2009'the day the Frank Miller’s solo directorial debut The Spirit hits theatres. You know (and probably love) Miller for creating 300 and Sin City, and also for co-directing (with Robert Rodriguez) 2006’s big screen adaptation of the latter. Well from the looks of The Spirit teaser, which leaked this weekend, he’s going back to the same dark, splash-of-color look that made Sin City so visually arresting.

For those who don’t know, The Spirit is a pioneering comic strip created by Will Eisner that started running in the 1940s. The comic’s namesake (who will be played by Gabriel Macht in the film) is a resurrected vigilante who fights crime in the fictional metropolis of Central City. Samuel L. Jackson will play his nemesis Octopus, while Scarlett Johanson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega and Jamie King will be adding the feminine touch. Watch the trailer after the jump.

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