Watch the 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' Comic-Con Trailer and Panel; Robert Rodriguez Talks 'Sin City 3'

While many of the major films to show their wares at Comic-Con were met with solid response, one that got a pretty tepid reaction was Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Maybe it's because the film is so close to hitting theaters and we've seen so much from it, but there hasn't been a ton of strong buzz. Or perhaps it's because Rodriguez dicked fans around for eight years, promising the movie was "next" on his list only to shove it aside until now. Whatever the case, now that the movie is here Rodriguez and Sin City creator Frank Miller are already talking about Sin City 3...assuming there is demand for it.

Miller: “Robert and I are already talking about ‘Sin City 3. So you'd better show up for number two or they won't pay for it."

Right. And if I recall the panel ended with a "Seeya for Sin City 3" comment or something along those lines, but the point is that Rodriguez and Miller REALLY want there to be another one. Of course, they've said this before. We know Rodriguez is always busy and could get jammed up again, so why doesn't Miller just direct the third movie himself? Oh yeah, because he helmed The Spirit, tried to do it in Sin City style, and everybody loathed it. 

Anyway, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For opens August 22nd. Check out the red band Comic-Con sneak peek and panel discussion, followed by a bunch of new posters.

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Jack Thorne to Pen 'Sandman'; Ruben Fleischer Stays 'Overnight' for Disney; Frank Miller Wants 'Sin City 3'

* Warner Bros. has hired Brit writer Jack Thorne (How I Live Now, The Fades) pen Sandman, based on Neil Gaiman's seminal comic book series. Joseph Gordon-Levitt came on to produce and direct it just a few months ago, but Deadline's story seems to indicate that a deal is not quite done yet. Thorne knows the work of Gaiman well, having been hired to pen Joe Wright's adaptation of the author's most recent novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

* Ruben Fleischer swung and missed badly with Gangster Squad, but Disney is willing to look past that, tapping him to direct Overnight. In what sounds like Home Alone meets Career Opportunities, the story centers on a father and son who win an overnight stay in a toy store, only to have thieves try to rob the place. Hey, this is Disney, so chances are everything will turn out okay, and since this is in a toy store there should be plenty of room for product placement. [Deadline]

* It was nine long years between Sin City and this summer's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, with Robert Rodriguez stringing us along the whole way. So I'm not holding my breath for a third film or any possible TV series, but co-director and Sin City creator Frank Miller is already looking ahead. Rodriguez told Sirius XM's Ron and Fez...

"Yeah - the second Sin City - I was just here with Frank Miller last night and we were watching it last night. [We] finished the cut, effects are being done, it will come out in August. He [Miller] watched Part 2 - he watched it last night with me and then at the end he said, he didn't have any comments, he was very happy with it. And he said, now about part three.... Started telling me how he's going to do part three. So he's already there on part three."

Yeah, we'll see about that. And note how Rodriguez put all of the burden on Miller, and none on himself. It may all depend on how Sin City: A Dame to Kill For performs beginning August 22nd. 

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