While sitting on a Comic Con panel, Frank Miller was asked about the hold-up on Sin City 2. (Numerous times, probably.) And it looks like the celebrated author / artist / filmmaker is laying the blame solely at the feet of the Weinstein brothers.

Could it be that Grindhouse threw a monkey wrench into future Weinstein production plans? Sheer speculation on my part, but I'd have thought a Sin City sequel would be a no-brainer by this point. Then again, both Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are presently hard at work on other projects -- to say nothing of the large number of busy actors who'd be needed. So there's probably enough "blame" to go around, really.

According to Dark Horizons, Mr. Miller "confirmed that he and Robert Rodriguez have a script ready - an adaptation of A Dame to Kill and some of the book's other short stories -- but left the cryptic hint that the Weinstein's themselves are part of the hold up -- likely tying into the fledgling distributor's lack of success so far at the box-office."

OK, so the Weinsteins didn't exactly set the world on fire with Grindhouse, Miss Potter, Bobby, The Matador, Derailed, Pulse, Breaking and Entering, Harsh Times, DOA: Dead or Alive, The Gathering, Unknown, The Ex, Nomad, School for Scoundrels, Black Christmas, Arthur and the Invisibles, or Factory Girl -- but they're doing OK with 1408 and Sicko. Plus they've got some treats in store (Grace Is Gone is excellent, The Mist sounds great so far) for later this year. And maybe someday they'll actually release Killshot, Teeth and Rogue and make a few dollars off of 'em. Still it's tough to feel bad for the guys who put money behind Who's Your Caddy? and Hannibal Rising. Then again, Clerks 2 was pretty darn funny.

Anyway, yeah: Sin City 2. As the highway signs sometimes say: Expect delays.

Source: Dark Horizons