Robert Rodriguez, director of Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill, has taken to Twitter to reveal two behind-the-scenes photographs of star Josh Brolin during filming.

Josh Brolin
Twitter/Rodriguez

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the 2005 crime thriller with an all-star cast features a host of new faces, Brolin included. Other new stars are Joseph Gordon-Levitt (from The Dark Knight Rises and Inception), Mickey Rourke (from Iron Man 2 and The Wrestler) and Eva Green (from Casino Royale), while Bruce Willis (the Die Hard series) and Jessica Alba (from Into The Blue and Machete) return.

Initially, Rodriguez posted a photograph of Brolin in "Rodriguez mobile" (car for the auteurs) in a green screening studio and later posted a touched-up version of how it would look in the film's promos. Rodriguez posted on Twitter: "[H]ere's a quick photo touch up I do to set a tone for the actors. (Probably won't be raining in final movie)." He also posted another tweet, saying he was "having a blast making the film".

Josh Brolin
Twitter/Rodriguez

Regarding the script of the film, Frank Miller, the man behind the Sin City comics, said: "Sin City 2 is primarily an adaptation of the book A Dame To Kill. It also features the short story Just Another Saturday Night and two new stories. One involving Jessica Alba's character, Nancy Callahan, that I came up with for the movie in order to tie things together and make it be more united with the first."

For the uninitiated, A Dame To Kill revolves around Dwight (Josh Brolin) getting into trouble again because a woman from his past reappears and professes her love for him. Jessica Alba, playing Nancy in the film, told Vulture at the Sundance Film Festival: "I had to learn a bunch of dance sequences for the film. It was kind of crazy. It was very, very difficult and you'll see why."

Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba in Sin City Facebook/SinCityADameToKill

Apart from memories of Alba's memorable dance in Sin City, the film got a huge boost when Robert Rodriguez confirmed Bruce Willis will reprise the role of Hartigan in this sequel.

Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill is slated to release on 4 October.