Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

it's hinted at a couple of times in the book!

I know its just a funny thing to include a shot of

I hope they show Woodward and Bernstein being killed too.

http://konron.koiwazurai.com/Watchmen.html

RONG

i might have to read this book again before the film comes out. i'm not sure though

http://konron.koiwazurai.com/NiteOwl2.jpg

Haha MOUTH FULL

So rong it's right.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN1515061020090116

In an astonishing and totally unpredictable development, Fox and WB decide "Hey, we can BOTH get paid!"

like that wasn't the plan from the beginning

I love that Fox is getting gross points and probably nobody involved w/the production from Zack Snyder down is.

new site overhaul with blantant vangelis pilfering:

http://watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com/

In one instance hundreds of people were employed, sets were being built - An A-list director and top artists in the industry were given their walking papers when the studio financing the movie lost faith.

I wonder who's the A-list director he's talking about here? Aronofsky?

From there, the executives at Warner Brothers, who weren't yet completely comfortable with the movie, made a deal to acquire the movie rights and we all started to creatively explore the possibility of making Watchmen.

I don't really get this part... Since Warner owns DC, shouldn't they automatically own the rights to Watchmen too?

Not if they've sold the rights elsewhere.

greengrass was attached for a while, more recently than aronofsky

http://www.nicholasrhea.co.uk/images/greengrassandalfred.jpg

sweeet

"better blue than red"

Nice job of capturing the 1970s TV news aesthetic. Telegraphs some plot points a little, so it's kind of fanservice-y, but otherwise outstanding. Love the "Adventures of Captain Manhattan" cartoon.

Also, TS: "Superman exists, and he's American" vs. "God exists, and he's American."

I'm trying to remember why I used to say Comedian is my favorite masked hero in the Watchmen.
-I think it's because he was the one who epitomized "never give up for what America stands for".

I wouldn't say the same for Rorschach because he administered his own revenge.
Dr. Manhattan gave up (in his own way).
Ozymandias didn't give up but he is just as willing to break the law that binds - like Rorschach in this way - even though Rorschach would never compare himself to Ozymandias.

I wouldn't say that Nite Owl II or Silk Spectre II are true American Heroes because they never took on as big of a role as The Comedian in fighting for justice. They were 'joe the plumber' superheros.

So yeah, besides being badass, The Comedian is the real American hero.
Is there a poll of favorite main character yet? We should have one before the movie comes out.
But I predict little to no votes for Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II, so maybe a poll like this would be cruel. In which case, the poll should only include The Comedian, Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, and Ozymandias.

true American Heroes because = *true American Heroes BUT (I'm sorry for typo AGAIN)

Are you supposed to get a notification when you suggest ban someone more than once?

That Youtube link (Dr. Manhattan) is great. Have a feeling this movie will be surprisingly awesome.

I love that clip!! I'm so excited for this movie, March can't come soon enough. Everything I'm seeing just looks better than I could have imagined.

hey guyz it's the official Watchmen movie halloween costumes!

http://www.watchmencomicmovie.com/photos/costumes-ozy-com.jpg

Ozymandias and Super Mario, finally together!

wow, that is just... something.

http://www.watchmencomicmovie.com/photos/costumes-niteowl-ror.jpg

you gotta hope that alan moore is at least having a good laugh about this.

My grandfather had the same pants as Nite Owl.

No codpieces no cred.

night owl does look suitably dumpy tho'.

too bad they're not going to be able to use this one:

http://boingboing.net/images/LilbabySquirt.gif

you gotta hope that alan moore is at least having a good laugh about this.

nuh-uh.

New stills, including Dr. M invading Moloch's "Vice Den" and opening up some vengeanec on the patrons:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/02/manhattanmoloch2.jpg

http://i.iimmgg.com/images/gr/ed25e95bf5ee2fa7c29cd294d54b08bf.jpg

http://i.iimmgg.com/images/gr/e500b0a1026c113179219fe3c677d534.jpg

Some more good stuff on the New Frontiersman Friend Feed...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3246779475_7c734f6f58.jpg

Vietcong surrender to Dr. M.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3236530752_f0dc7e3611.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3236530752_f0dc7e3611.jpg

http://www.thenewfrontiersman.net/no-more-masks.mp3

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but apparently the Black Freighter story is to be released on DVD as an animated film shortly after the movie comes out. Bonus features are said to include live-action "footage" from Under the Hood.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/defamer/2009/01/watchmen-tron.jpg

Also

http://www.minutemenarcade.com/uk/

http://thefilmstage.com/2009/02/13/30-new-watchmen-photos/

I was at the bookstore the other night browsing through the new "The Art of Watchmen" companion book to the movie, and I'm pretty firmly convinced that this is actually going to be OK, provided Snyder has gotten real performances out of these people. In regards to whatever changes he's made to the ending -- which I'm not going to spoil for anyone here -- he actually had Dave Gibbons and John Higgins ink and color new pages for them, then storyboarded and scripted based on those, so that he could retain fidelity to the "source material."

There's also a great book called "Watchmen Portraits," with all kinds of full-page B&W photos of cast and crew taken by the set photographer. Some really good work in there.

"provided Snyder has gotten real performances out of these people"

A rather bold assumption.

Well, dude who plays The Comedian was fantastic on Grey's Anatomy.

Alex, yeah, I know, but Haley and Wilson are, frankly, ringers, as is Crudup, kinda. The rest are wild cards.

xp to Dan, he was also good on WEEDS as Dead Husband Guy