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photo credit: Comic-Con Magazine More from Comic-Con International: In other big business at the convention, fanboy god and ?Sin City? creator Frank Miller previewed his solo directing debut, ?The Spirit,? his adaptation of a classic, noir-lite comic strip by late, pioneering creator Will Eisner. Here again, it was hard to project what fan reaction will mean for the mainstream ? but there was certainly a big response to flashy footage of masked crimefighter Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht, ?Because I Said So?) slugging it out with baddie the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) in muddy waters, employing an increasingly, surreally brutal collection of props. Picture Miller?s visual stylings as co-director on ?Sin City? pushed in new directions (and, for this scene, tinted brown). ?I always wanted to hit somebody with a giant wrench,? joked Jackson, appearing with Macht and co-star Jaime King. ?That?s so Wile E. Coyote.? Universal also previewed its ode-to-Lon Chaney Jr. remake of ?The Wolf Man,? with star Benicio Del Toro, damsel in distress Emily Blunt (?The Devil Wears Prada?) and effects makeup legend Rick Baker (?An American Werewolf in London?) all on hand. The period horror flick was teased with a trailer filled with flashes of fangs, claws, viscera, and lots of furry silhouettes shot against backlit forests. Del Toro had one of the most refreshing responses of the day to the usual fan vetting of the actors? intentions in venturing into geeksville with a movie. Why redo the Wolf Man? ?Why not?? shrugged admitted Chaney buff Del Toro. ?And the money was right.? Depending on how Universal fares with next month?s Mummy sequel, a lot could be riding on this one to rescue the studio?s classic monsters franchise from ?Van Helsing? limbo.