{"id":64324,"date":"2012-12-06T10:44:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T10:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/12\/06\/dennis-haysbert-to-replace-michael-clarke-duncan-in-sin-city-sequel\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:52:31","slug":"dennis-haysbert-to-replace-michael-clarke-duncan-in-sin-city-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/dennis-haysbert-to-replace-michael-clarke-duncan-in-sin-city-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Haysbert to replace Michael Clarke Duncan in Sin City sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis <\/strong>Haysbert<\/strong> to replace Michael Clarke Duncan in Sin City sequel<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

Source: THR<\/p>\n

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Dennis Haysbert<\/strong>, who spent several years as the U.S. president on Fox\u2019s 24<\/strong>, is in negotiation to play one of the heavies in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Robert Rodriguez<\/strong> is directing the movie with Frank Miller<\/strong>, the comic book icon who created the Sin City comics that were published by Dark Horse in the 1990s. (Rodriguez and Miller teamed up for the first Sin City adaptation, a hit back in 2005.)<\/p>\n

Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Jaime King <\/strong>and Rosario Dawson<\/strong> are among those returning and Jamie Chung<\/strong> is replacing Devon Aoki<\/strong> for the sequel, which is on a short break from shooting in Austin. (Filming will occur intermittently in December and go full force in January.)<\/p>\n

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One of the storylines being adapted is A Dame to Kill For, originally published in 1993 and featuring a man named Dwight entangled in a complicated and deadly relationship with a femme fatale named Ava.<\/p>\n

Haysbert will play Manute, the brutal and seemingly unstoppable right-hand man of Ava\u2019s husband. The role was played in the 2005 movie by Michael Clarke Duncan, who died in September at age 54.<\/p>\n

“Manute is a character that has been part of the heart of the Sin City tales, and the late Michael Clarke Duncan beautifully established that role onscreen,” said Rodriguez and Miller in a statement to Heat Vision. “We could not tell the story of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For without Manute and are thrilled to welcome Dennis Haysbert to the cast.”<\/p>\n

Haysbert is onscreen as the voice of General Hologram in Wreck-It Ralph and appeared in The Details, a comedy starring Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks that just got released via VOD.<\/p>\n

He is repped by Gersh.<\/p>\n

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