We recently found out that Joseph Gordon-Levitt had become one of the candidates for the lead in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. It seemed like he would immediately jump to the top of Marvel’s list, but that news has a quick ending to it.

It’s being reported that Gordon-Levitt will be starring in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller‘s long-awaited sequel to Sin City, titled Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Because of this, the actor will not be appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy after all.

Gordon Levitt will be playing one of the main characters in Sin City 2, someone named Johnny, in a role that was once offered to Johnny Depp.

He joins fellow newcomer Dennis Haysbert, who steps into the role played in the first movie by the late Michael Clarke Duncan, and returning stars like Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, and Clive Owen.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is currently filming, and will be released on October 4, 2013.

[Source: Deadline]