Legendary four-color artist Will Eisner was renowned for filling his strips with curvy females, and Eisner's pal Frank Miller is determined to keep that tradition alive.
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Will Eisner's The Spirit, Miller's adaptation of the classic comic strip noir series, real-life curvy screen siren
Scarlett Johansson is finishing negotiations to play Silk N. Floss, a sexy and intelligent secretary who teams up with evil mastermind The Octopus (a heavily-shadowed Samuel L. Jackson) against the domino-masked protector of Central City, The Spirit (Gabriel Macht).
The Odd Lot Entertainment/Lionsgate co-production commences in October toward a 2009 release date.