Frank Miller’s Ronin picked up by WB

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In my last post I wasthinking about DC properties that could become big and I started thinking of Ronin. It was the first Frank Miller graphic novel I ever read and I really liked it. Well, I just found out that it has been optioned for a movie.

After turning the Frank Miller graphic novel “300″ into a hit, Warner Bros. has optioned the rights to Miller’s “Ronin” to adapt into a live-action feature.

In the story, a ronin, or disgraced samurai warrior, bears the shame of allowing his master to be assassinated by a shape-shifting demon in 13th century Japan. When the master’s sword is unearthed in mid-21st century New York, the ronin and the demon are brought to life and battle gangs of mutants and thugs to try to take possession of the mythical sword.

The graphic novel was published by DC Comics.

The whole story is great, although similar in concept to an older movie that I HIGHLY RECOMMEND to anyone that loves movies about samurai warriors. It’s called Ghost Warrior and is the story of a samurai trying to protect his love when they’re all ambushed. He takes an arrow and then falls into freezing water. Much later, he’s found and revived in 1980’s Los Angeles. The story is a bit goofy, but actor Hiroshi Fujioka is no joke. It’s worth seeing.

So back to Ronin, I really love this little bit they revealed.

“Ronin” will be shot in a fashion similar to that employed for “300,” in which blue- and green-screen lensing was done on a Montreal soundstage to create an ancient Greece battleground for a $65 million film. Costs are comparable for “Ronin,” making the film a big step up for White, who graduated from directing videos to helming the film “Stomp the Yard” at a cost of around $14 million.

“Ronin” is “one of Frank Miller’s earliest and best graphic novel creations, one that has long been a cult graphic novel,” White told Daily Variety. “There is a classic good-evil struggle between the samurai and the demon.”

Variety

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