WARNER BROS. OPTIONS MILLER'S EPIC 'RONIN'

You can say it's a combo of a couple of things...

While fanboys always bowed to the altar of comic genius Frank Miller, it took the masses a little longer. After years of churning out comic classics, notably "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," Hollywood fell under the Miller spell when director Robert Rodriguez turned his "Sin City" comic series into a living and breathing work of art.

So, with his newfound fame, you can say the comic guru's hotter than a two buck pistol outside a Western gin mill.

What's more, Warner Bros. know they've got hold of a good thing. After all, their recent release "300," based on Miller's work, performed high above expectations. For an obscure graphic novel adaptation with no bankable stars, the ancient story of 300 Spartan warriors connected. We geeks knew "300" was the shit, but let's face it, the real world had no idea what it was.

So, that all said, the grand dame of Hollywood - The WB - just optioned the rights to Miller's epic DC Comics graphic novel "Ronin," reports Variety.

Hemingway's Lounge isn't referring to the kick-booty Robert De Niro flick the same name, but the tale of a 13th-century disgraced samurai reborn as a cyborg in a corrupt New York City in the year 2064.

The studio will turn to Sylvain White ("Stomp The Yard") to helm the live-action flick. I dunno about this choice. The brutha-from-anotha-mother don't have to much under his belt. We'll keep our eye on him.

In the tale, Miller's hero must find a mystical sword with powers in order to destroy his reincarnated foe, the ancient demon Agat.

Like everything else in La-La Land, "Ronin" has been down this path before. Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain") was to develop and direct way back when for New Line Cinema. With CGI graphics what they are, let's hope this time out, the project will come to fruition.