Robert Rodriguez Says ‘Sin City 2’ Will Be His Next After ‘Spy Kids 4’
How many times can you be told something is going to happen before the promise loses all meaning? WithSin City 2, that question is being put to the test. Time and time again it’s been said that the film is gearing up for production—at one point it was supposedlywritten and ready to shoot, then it wasput on the backburner, then it wasready to go again, then it sounded like itmight not happen, then it wasteased yet again—and for years, it’s been all wait and no reward.
At this point, we probably shouldn’t be casting more fuel onto the fire, but for those who still haven’t given up hope on a sequel, directorRobert Rodriguezhas updated its status, saying he intends for it to be his follow-up tohis next project,Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. Read what he had to say after the break.
The brief update on the sequel comes fromThe Playlist, who found it during aFacebook livechatforGrindhouse, in which Rodriguez said, “Frank Millerand I are working on it. It’s slated to be the next one.” Ah, but there’s an asterisk. “But if the script is not ready, then we’ll have to move to the next one.”
Meaning, the future of the film is largely dependent on Frank Miller. If he can clean up the script in time, it might not be too long beforeSin City 2actually makes it in front of cameras. And if such a thing were to happen—knock on wood—there’s a possibility thatBruce Willis' character would return as well (in what I presume would be a story that takes place prior to the Yellow Bastard tale in the first film). Says Rodriguez: “I wanna bring him back for Sin City because he’s so bad-ass.”
Rodriguez also added a rather non-committal response regarding whether or notHell and Back—the longest of the Sin City stories that was once said to be the plot ofSin City 3—would be incorporated intoSin City 2, saying only, “It’s quite possible.” Was Rodriguez just being coy, or does this mean he and Miller still haven’t worked out which storylines they’re going to be using for the sequel?
