"The Spirit" – Masked Avenger Meets Bad Girls?

Whether it’s the boy-wonder looking mask of the protagonist (ok it’s a little different..), the Frank Miller-esque directorial style, or the strange-looking character named Octopus that Samuel L. Jackson portrays, you have to love The Spirit. The film debuts in theatres on December 25, 2008.

Whether it has more heroic or supernatural aspects, I can’t help but wonder why there are so many beautiful female characters here. Check out the trailer above, and the short snippets below from the women of The Spirit and director Frank Miller.

It’s the latest new film written and directed by Miller, based on the Will Eisner comic strip series of the same name. The film stars include Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Scarlet Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson.

In this film, a rookie cop named Colt who has worked Central City is murdered and comes back mysteriously (is he a ghost?) as the masked crime fighter, The Spirit, to fight the city’s worst bad guys. The main villain is a killer named The Octopus, a maniacal psychopath. Along the way, Colt meets a bevy of beauties with curious names like Silken Floss, Lorelei, and Sand Saref.

It seems the character The Spirit is not just your average Joe detective when he comes back from the dead, and all the while fighting crime from the shadows, he has time for a love triangle. Writer/Director Frank Miller reveals the main character has a terrifying side to him, and is a bit of a slut. Sounds like an interesting character for us to sink our teeth into on Christmas day.

Via IMDB