There appears to be some sort of competition between Warner Bros. and Lionsgate to see which studio can churn out the most posters for one movie. Warner Bros. is winning with Watchmen, but it’s not for lack of trying on Lionsgate’s part.
Anyway, Cinematical has the roughly 173rd, and supposedly final, poster for Frank Miller’s adaptation of The Spirit. The movie opens on Dec. 25.
November 19th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
“He’s something the world needs…”
Oh, the irony.
November 19th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
ugh, that tagline is bland and punch-less. the marketing for this movie continues to be mediocre. no idea if they’re screwing the film over or really don’t have much to work with…
November 19th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
They were going to go with “Change You Can Believe In,” but that was already taken.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I dunno…I think this one gets extra points for being a poster of all the other posters.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
“FACE MY POWER!”
What - he has guns?
This poster is poop. It says nothing. I’m sure the movie is just as rudderless.
I wonder why Frank Miller, who is so great at coming up with iconic images, would approve this?
November 19th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
The director doesn’t approve the poster, the producer and the studio’s marketing department do–so they get the blame for the earlier poster, which botched the classic “Spirit” splash-page composition (”My City Screams” should have been up at the top and “The Spirit” should have been spelled out in the building, not the other way around).
I saw the latest “Spirit” trailer with “Quantum of Solace” over the weekend, and I really wish it felt more like Eisner and less like Miller. I understand the need to link this film to “300″ and “Sin City” (”From the creator of…!), but everything I’ve seen so far just screams Miller.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Whatever film cred Miller gained from 300 will evaporate when (or if) this mess is allowed to hit the theatres (I’m thinking there’s a good chance one of the higher ups will spike it).
Let’s see…a character who nobody outside of comic book/comic art circles is even aware of, as focused through the funhouse mirror of Miller’s stale misogyny and soft core sadism.
It’s got “hit” written all over it, doesn’t it?
November 20th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
You’re missing an “s” there, Mark.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
i definitely would have liked it better without the taglines. and all the posters within the poster.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:00 am
but i’m still really excited for frank miller!