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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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Scarlett Johannson Catches The Spirit

With Sin City’s Frank Miller writing and directing the big screen version of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, two legends in the comic game have joined forces. How could it get any better? Well, for one, Scarlett Johansson is playing Silken Floss, Spirit’s femme fatale character and co-conspirator to Octopus (played by Samuel L. Jackson). The first photos of Scar-Jo in her Silken costume have leaked, and they appear to show shorty dressed as a nurse. Does this mean that elements from Silken Floss MD will be in the film? We’ll have to wait until they debut the trailer at this month’s New York Comic Con to find out. After the jump, see all the photos of Scarlett Floss and the three new Spirit posters.

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