White Talks Ronin

Helmer on planned Frank Miller comic-to-film.

Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White has been talking up his planned big-screen adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel Ronin. White will direct the movie for producer Gianni Nunnari, who also produced Miller's comic-to-film 300.

Calling the Warners-based Ronin "my firm next project," White advised UGO.com, "We're developing (the movie) now and just getting it ready. It's taking up most of my time." White is rewriting the screenplay adaptation written by Peter Aperlo.

White first read Miller's graphic novel in 1987 and enjoyed how different it was from other American graphic novels at the time. He also knew it was a project he would love to someday direct.

"Ronin was always something that I wanted to bring to the screen, but it's a pretty big scale movie and I didn't know if I would have the opportunity," White said. "But the passion I have and the innovation I will bring to it will make it very special."

The helmer also pointed out how different Miller's graphic novel is from the author's more recently celebrated (and adapted for the screen) 300. "(Ronin's) Frank Miller's first completed graphic novel on his own. It's very different style-wise and it's also very different story-wise. It's not as structured as 300. The adaptation process is a very different one, and the look is going to be completely different from 300."

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