'The Spirit' Takes Off On Christmas

PIX Morning News' Emily Frances sat down with actresses Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes to talk about their roles in the upcoming movie The Spirit, which opens Christmas Day. Their co-stars Gabriel Macht (Denny Colt/The Spirit) and Dan Lauria (Police Commissioner Dolan) stopped by the PIX 11 studio recently to talk about the film as well.
Based on Frank Miller's (300, Sin City) graphic novel The Spirit is about rookie cop Denny Colt (Macht) who returns from the dead as The Spirit, a vigilante whose mission is to fight evil under the cover of Central City's shadows. Particularly, he seeks to rid the city of The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), a cold-blooded killer who wants to being Central City to ruin. Johansson plays Octopus' accomplice Silken Floss and Mendes plays the Spirit's former teenage lover Sand Saref.
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