Rights for ‘Sin City 2’ Up in the Air

Despite the fact that the Weinstein Company/Dimension Films stills claims they hold the rights to a ‘Sin City’ sequel, the property is evidently being shopped around Hollywood. Â  Producers from competing studios claim that reps from Frank Miller’s estate are searching Hollywood for someone to pick up the rights to the sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s, 2005 film.

News of a ‘Sin City 2’ was flying ever since the first film opened, but it has appeared the Weinstein’s have been dragging their feet on the project. Â  Angelina Jolie even expressed interest in a role for the film. Â  However, in the four years since ‘Sin City,’ nothing concrete has come in the way of real development towards getting the film completed.

If the rights did, indeed, lapse in the Weinstein’s court, it could be due to the inactivity on the project, or it could just be that the Weinsteins decided not to re-up.

Rumors of the rights being held up at Weinstein were flying around the interenet a few weeks back. Â  However, a lawyer for the company stated those rumors were “hogwash.”

“TWC’s rights to produce sequels to ‘Sin City’ remain intact as they always have been,” he stated at the time. Â  The Weinstein Company stood by this statement when word that Miller’s estate was shopping the rights around town on Wednesday.

What do you think? Â  Do you believe the Weinsteins let the rights expire? Â  Where would you like to see ‘Sin City 2’ end up? Â  Do you think Robert Rodriguez, who has had a pretty long-standing relationship with Dimension, will go with the film if it is, in fact, produced by a different company? Â  Let us know by commenting below!

Source: THR