It's now officially Aronofsky's WATCHMEN

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Friday, July 23, 2004
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

First reported by Ain't It Cool News way back in April, today Variety acknowledges that REQUIEM FOR A DREAM director Darren Aronofsky is now attached to helm the proposed live-action film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's WATCHMEN. A couple of weeks following AICN's news report, Entertainment Weekly said that a proposed deal that would see Aronofsky direct WATCHMEN for Revolution Studios fell through, and nothing further was heard about it until today's news broke in The Hollywood Reporter.

As it now stands Paramount Pictures is the new home for the legendary comic book property. David Hayter's draft still remains in the loop under Aronofsky's watch, with the director's producing partner, Eric Watson, joining Lloyd Levin and Larry Gordon.


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