With his assistance, we try and make sense of this unique piece of superhero TV history.
We have to remember what the state of comic book adaptations were at this point.
Thats paved with good intentions.
But if you know Sam, Sam has his default.
Those are his two speeds.
The dead serious one didnt work for this, so Michael had the whole ensemble play to match Sam.
The casting, however, couldnt be better.
Whenever we designed things like costumes and locations, they would be your basic Crayola box of colors.
So theres one blue, one red, and one green.
Thats exactly what Richard Sylbert did forDick Tracyin 1990.
Theres also a curiously timeless element to the proceedings.
So, wherever it was possible, we totally did panel for panel some famous moments from the comic.
It was like a storyboard.
You have the clock, and hes backlit, and his hat is at that angle, complete withEisnerspritz!
We really took great pains to give it that kind of look.
According to a Warner Bros inter-office memo, the final budget onThe Spiritwas $2,483,660.
Also, a little more web link faith would have been helpful.
But evidence remains ofThe Spirits intended TV series status.
Another document, dated April 3, 1986 is listed as The Spirit: Future Storylines.
), its all good fun.
you might read more of our chat with Steven de Souza right here!
This article originally ran in 2014.
It has been lightly updated and corrected.
