Warner Bros., which had big success with 300, announced that it has optioned the rights to Frank Miller's Ronin miniseries/graphic novel, according to Variety. Sylvain White had previously been signed to direct (see 'Ronin Gets a Director'). White will shoot Ronin using the same green and blue screen processes that Zach Snyder employed on 300 and Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez used on Sin City. The method allows for great fidelity to the 'look' of the original comic and also keeps the cost of production relatively low (300 was made for just $65 million). With Warners, still basking in the immense success of 300, now backing the production and the decision to employ budget-friendly green screen techniques, the chances of the Ronin film getting made have greatly improved.
Ronin is published by Warners sister company DC Comics. The trade paperback, buoyed by Miller's 300 visibility, has been in the Top 100 Graphic Novels in comic stores, as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors, for the past two months--and if the Ronin film does make it to the big screen, the Ronin graphic novel will likely enjoy much bigger sales than it did during its initial publication in the mid 1980s.
