Jaime King And Jamie Chung Join ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For;’ Major Casting Still Underway
As soon asRobert Rodriguezfinished filmingMachete Kills, he jumped right into his next movie. That movie isSin City 2, akaSin City: A Dame To Kill For, whichbegan filming on Mondaywith two actresses familiar with the genre.Jaime Kingis returning for the sequel, playing the sister of her character from the first movie, andJamie Chungis playing the role Devon Aoki had in the 2005 original.
Rodriguez is co-directing once again withFrank Miller, who wrote the original comics and, once again, the movie will consist of multiple stories. However, unlike the original movie, one of the stories in the sequel is brand new and written specifically for the film.A Dame to Kill Foris scheduled for release June 01, 2025. Read more after the jump.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news of both actresses joining the cast, which already includes returning actors likeMickey Rourke, Jessica AlbaandRosario Dawson. Rourke’s character, Marv, was killed in the original film but this story precedes that tragic fate.
Of note in the article, too, is the fact thatAngelina Jolie, who was expected to play the major role of Ava, is not likely to appear. So that role is still being cast. Same goes for Dwight, originally played byClive Owen. Owen was expected to return but apparently Dwight’s story inSin City 2sees him get facial reconstruction so they will likely just recast the character.
WithSin Cityalready locked into anOctober 2013 release date, it’ll be interesting to see if Rodriguez has spread himself too thin. He’s notorious for working quickly and quietly but two movies at the same time, even if it’s all in the same place and one (Sin City) has a co-director, is pretty nuts. It’s entirely possible, though, thatMachete Killsis already edited and now just awaiting digital effects that he can approve while filmingSin City. (Rodriguez had a similar two-film thing going when he was making/overseeingMacheteandPredatorsin 2009.)
Are you surprised that King is returning or that Chung was cast? Which film comes out first?
