Not arguably, one of the two most buzz-worthy events coming out of Comic-Con this year was the footage of Watchmen (the other being the latest Terminator installment). At this point, we've all seen at least one Watchmen trailer, and it's hard not to get e...
...' seat on Watchmen--a movie version of the beloved graphic novel from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons which had languished in development hell for the past two decades. Snyder appeared at the San Diego Comic Con to show footage from the upcoming film and a...
The latest Empire Magazine is covering the upcoming Watchmen adaptation for Warner Bros., one of the highlights of this year's SDCC event. As such, the outlet has provided media with some new images and two covers for fans awaiting the adaptation of the A...
It seems from the latest update at the official website that production is nearly complete on the big screen adaptation of Watchmen. Executive producer Herb Gains issued a blog on the film which will star Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew G...
A fifth video journal for Zack Snyder's upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's Watchmen has appeared online courtesy of Yahoo Movies. This latest featurette takes a look at the Owlship, which you can see on the left. The film stars Patrick Wi...
Update #2: The first trailer for Watchmen is now online over at Apple. Click here to watch the first look at the upcoming Zack Snyder-led comic adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel. You can also watch the production blogs via our "Watchmen"...
Director Zack Snyder has posted his thoughts on wrapping up filming for Watchmen courtesy of the official website. In the blog, he also released a new screenshot, which you can see on the left. The upcoming adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel ...
While at a press junket for P.S I Love You, reporter Heather Newgen had a chance to talk shop with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the man set to play "The Comedian" in Zack Snyder's upcoming WATCHMEN. The Superhero Hype reporter also caught up with Gerard...
Wizard Universe recently caught up with director Zack Snyder and talked with him about WATCHMEN.
When asked about his recent success with 300 and any latitude he thus might have with making WATCHMEN, Snyder responded, "WATCHMEN is going to be R-rate...
This exclusive look from Comic-Con shows the owl-shaped flying vehicle from the upcoming film Watchmen, based on the Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons graphic novel. The Owlship, nicknamed Archie, will debut in the feature film, which is due to hit theaters in spri...
The second part of original WATCHMEN graphic artist Dave Gibbons' set visit has been posted online at the official site. The upcoming adaptation of the Alan Moore/Gibbons graphic novel is directed by Zack Snyder (300) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earl...
...uction of Watchmen. There he joined Morgan, who had been cast as the story's other therapeutically deficient figure—government agent, rapist and so-called "hero" the Comedian. The two spoke to members of the press at this year's San Die...
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The Watchmen was definitely this year’s big movie at Comic Con. The toys (well seeing them), t-shirts and swag were all must-have items. Nite Owl’s ship the Archimedes was on full display at the Warner Brothers booth.
There w...
A fourth video journal has popped up online for the coming adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen, courtesy of UGO. This clip has the comic author Dave Gibbons talking about working on the set of the Zack Snyder film. The WB film stars Patrick Wilson, ...
As most of you know, there's currently a lawsuit between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. on the latter's upcoming adaptation of Watchmen. A suit which is causing a fan boy flame up around the web due to the fact that even the March 2009 release of Zack ...
A third video update for Zack Snyder's upcoming adaptation of Watchmen has popped up online courtesy of CHUD. Click on the link to check it out, where it describes a prison riot scene. The theatrical treatment of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel stars...
Director Zack Snyder has revealed the first look of his Watchmen characters over at his film's official website. The upcoming adaptation of the Alan Moore comic has finished its shooting scheduled and entered post production. It stars Patrick Wilson, Jack...
Watchmen may not hit theaters for 12 more months but we know one feature which will be appearing in the DVD release of the Zack Snyder film. Thespian Gerard Butler has confirmed to Empire Online that he will indeed be voicing the character of the captain ...
There are rumors going around that Paramount's new head Brad Grey might possibly pull the plug on the live action version of THE WATCHMEN and put it in turnaround. Both producer Larry Gordon and Paramount's Nancy Kirkpatrick have denied this. Kirkpatrick...
Another potentially high-profile film in jeopardy over a lawsuit, this time centering on Fox, Warner Bros. and the upcoming Watchmen from director Zack Snyder. Fox has initiated a legal battle against Warner Bros. over the rights to develop, produce and d...
Carla Gugino is no stranger to comic book movies, having appeared in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Sin City as well as his Spy Kids franchise. She takes the role of Sally Jupiter in Warner Bros' upcoming version of Watchmen. Malin Akerman plays her dau...
Twentieth Century Fox said on Monday it will seek an injunction to block release of the Warner Bros movie Watchmen after a Los Angeles court ruled a copyright lawsuit against Warner can go forward, reports the AP. The movie about raffish, flawed superhero...
In the latest WIZARD magazine, legendary comic book powerhouse Alan Moore (FROM HELL, LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN, and of course THE WATCHMEN) was asked yet again about a sequel to his groundbreaking 1986 classic, THE WATCHMEN. In response, Moore said...
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At the New York Comic Con this year DC Direct unveiled their very first series of Watchmen movie figures (see pictures here). The first series included the modern versions of the Silk Spectre, The Nite Owl, an Ozymandias figure and, o...
...re, "Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at fiv...
Director Zack Snyder and the cast of the highly anticipated Watchmen adaptation assured journalists that their work would be faithful to the classic Alan Moore/David Gibbons graphic novel. The director of 300 was joined by Gibbons at the San Diego Comic C...
Some new set photos have appeared online for the WATCHMEN, the Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel. The official website posted these new pictures and they seem to show direct panels straight out of the 80's comic....
In an interview with ComingSoon, Zack Snyder (300) updated the progress on his other comic adaptation, Watchmen. ComingSoon writes: What's going on with "Watchmen?" Zack Snyder: We're trying to get a budget together now that I feel like the mo...
WatchmenComicMovie has published photos of what appears to be set photos of Moloch's apartment. In the WATCHMEN comic, this was a scene between Moloch (Frewer), Rorschach (Jackie Earl Haley) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). No word yet if they appe...
Matt Frewer, best known as the 80's icon Max Headroom, has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's WATCHMEN, reports MTV. Frewer will be playing Moloch the Mystic, a satanic villain and magician. The film already stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew...
Zach Snyder has signed on to develop and direct the film WATCHMEN for Warner Bros.WATCHMEN is an adaptation of the 1986 twelve-issue comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The movie will tell the story of the last remaining superheroes and the...
According to Zack Snyder in an interview with Sci Fi Wire, Gerard Butler may sign on to star in the upcoming adaptation of the graphic novel, Watchmen. "He may" play a part, Snyder said. Which one Sci Fi asked, "I don't know yet, b...
Ain't It Cool News first broke word that THE BOURNEY SUPREMACY director Paul Greengrass is the new man working on Paramount Pictures' screen adaptation of WATCHMEN. Greengrass replaces REQUIEM FOR A DREAM director Darren Aronofsky who exited the project l...
Besides the upcoming X-MEN 2, scribe David Hayter has also struck a deal with Universal to write the script for a movie based on Alan Moore's WATCHMEN.While talking to the Comics Continuum, Hayter explained that his overall goal for the project was "to do...
The LA Daily News reported today that Warner Bros is having trouble getting some "casting" done for their upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore's WATCHMEN. The film being helmed by Zach Snyder( 300, DAWN OF THE DEAD) certainly has a large cast of lo...
According to Ain't It Cool News, director Darren Aronofsky has departed Paramount Pictures' WATCHMEN movie in favor of turning his attention fully on THE FOUNTAIN. The site reports that the reason the PI and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM helmer has moved off turnin...
Last Friday, Watchmen director Zach Snyder released the first five character shots from the upcoming comic-to-film adaptation, which will hit theaters on March 6, 2009. As usual, fan reaction has run the gambit from excited to enraged. The usual...
The tentative date for the Watchmen, March 9, 2009, is over a year away. There is still plenty of hype to be built at both the San Diego Comic Con and another New York Comic Con. Warner Brothers and DC Direct started early by unveiling their fir...
Some new updates for Zack Snyder's adaptation of the Alan Moore comic WATCHMEN appeared online courtesy of Warner Bros. The official site for the upcoming film has been updated with a new production blog from Snyder as well some photos of the product...
Director Zack Snyder has posted a video over at Warner Bros' official website letting us know that his first week of filming has officially ended for WATCHMEN, the future adaptation of the Alan Moore DC comic. While nothing is really going on in the inter...
Some more details have emerged for Zach Snyder's upcoming WATCHMEN. From previous reports, there will be many "look a likes" needed for important key figures in US history. The story (based off Alan Moore's 1986 comic) has quite a bit of th...
According to veteran scooper El Mayimbe over at Latino Review, actress Malin Ackerman has been selected to play Sally Jupiter aka The Silk Spectre in WATCHMEN. Director Zack Snyder (300) is currently working on fleshing out the big screen adapt...
As promised, the official cast for Zach Snyder's WATCHMEN (based off the Alan Moore graphic novel) was released at Comic Con 2007. There is only one new revelation while the other five remaining characters/actors have been leaked beforehand. Patrick Wilso...
We may have our first major casting announcement for Alan Moore's WATCHMEN movie being directed by Zach Snyder. According to Devin's crew over at CHUD, the role of Dr. Manhattan may have an actor set in place.
A very reliable source tells me that Snyder ...
Another casting for the upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore's WATCHMEN by director Zack Snyder. Actress Carla Gugino (Sin City) has been cast into the role of "Sally Jupiter", a dancer turned heroine aka Silk Spectre in the Minutemen, a group befo...
After weeks of rumors, X-MEN scriptwriter David Hayter has signed a deal to adapt Alan Moore's WATCHMEN graphic novel. In addition, though he had previously denied this was the case, Variety reports that Hayter has his eye on helming the project.Univ...
...d, in the WATCHMEN, Sigourney Weaver as the Silk Spectre. Daniel Craig as Rorschach." Some months back there were rumors that casting ideas for the WATCHMEN movie were being tossed around, including the intriguing idea of casting John Cusack as The Ni...
David Hayter has been talking about rumors that he's writing and possibly even directing a movie version of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' WATCHMEN graphic novel.While talking to Rob Alstetter's Comics Continuum, Hayter addessed word of his helming the pote...
Dave Gibbons cut his teeth by inking issues of Britain's legendary 2000 A.D. comics. He moved to DC Comics in 1982, where he became best known for his association with Green Lantern. In 1985, he teamed with writer Alan Moore to create Watchmen--subsequent...
While doing a press release junket for her upcoming remake THE HEARTBREAK KID, actress Malin Akerman sat down with Heather Newgen at CS and discussed her upcoming role of Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder's WATCHMEN adaptation. While talking the film, she ...
...uccess of Watchmen, hell, who COULD have predicted that! But I think that DC had an idea of how groundbreaking the work could be (or at the very least different), so they were pretty determined to wrap it up for future use, reprints, etc. As a result, ...
Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Darren Aronofsky has replaced David Hayter as the attached director to the WATCHMEN movie. AICN's source was Hayter himself who had this to say about the development:"It is definitely disappointing not to be able to di...
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 we...
Director Zack Snyder (300) is expected to announce his cast for WATCHMEN later this week at the Comic Con 2007 event. That's not stopping some of those names from being released before the show. Yesterday, Ackerman was announced to be playing "The Si...
Director Zach Snyder talked a little WATCHMEN at his Comic Con exhibit. The director of 300 says that they are currently constructing the production sets of the film in Vancouver, a lot of those sets are going to resemble NYC. They will also be shooting i...
DC Comics' THE WATCHMEN has been set up at Warner Bros. Pictures.The material, which has been in development since the 1980s, is set in an alternate America and follows the costumed hero Rorschach, who is living a vigilante lifestyle because most masked h...
Paramount Picutres has pulled the plug on THE WATCHMEN and is putting the film into turnaround.Producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin will take the project, which is rumored to be budgeted at around $100 million, out to other studios.
Following up on last week's story that appeared on Ain't It Cool News, The Hollywood Reporter confirms that director Paul Greengrass is indeed the new man for Paramount's WATCHMEN movie. The draft done by X-MEN screenwriter David Hayter is still listed as...
...Directing Watchmen?
Rumor: We’ve already heard that Watchmen creator Alan Moore was against his ‘80s graphic novel getting an adaptation, but the latest interview from Entertainment Weekly seems to give more insight into Mr...
... from the Watchmen along with some great models from the movie. The Mighty Muggs line will continue to grow but still lack any DC characters. The one line that really showed some promise at the SDCC was Mattel’s take on the DC Universe.
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...s a total Watchmen rip-off where Freddy details his whole plan, and the heroes tell him how they’re going to stop him, and he says, “Stop me? I did it ten minutes ago.” A total Ozymandius play. I will completely cop to that. NRAMA: Yo...
... Gibbons, Watchmen was originally published by DC comics as a 12-issue comic book series between 1986 and 1987, before subsequently being collected into a trade paperback. It is the only graphic novel to win the prestigious Hugo Award or to be named am...
...ooks like Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns to expanding the market beyond adolescent youths. In reality, comics have rarely been able to make a profit on their own. In entertainment, Hollywood is the golden cash cow that can turn anyone else's idea int...
... with how Watchmen has generated interest this year alongside with the Dark Knight propelling DC's releases into very strong numbers. Movie related tie-ins are still pretty dominant overall with even the Wanted graphic novel getting into the top ten.&n...
... as night watchmen, the two manage to get fired after Ivan throws a no-holds-barred party at their place of employment. Stuck with no jobs and no prospects, Ivan decides that it’s time for the two of them to start their own video production company, Vi...
While the bulk of attention at Comic-Con went to big upcoming releases like Wolverine, The Watchmen and Terminator: Salvation, the convention also showcased one of the largest growing media phenomena—the web series or webisode. Viacom, Warner Brothe...
...n’s Watchmen graphic novel. The leap, attributed mostly to the debut of the first trailer ahead of THE DARK KNIGHT, is a true testament to Christopher Nolan’s tremendous box office fortune…and the trippy provocative, Smashing Pumpkin...
...tle! Watchmen writer Alan Moore calls it “a fascinating debut that delivers much and promises more.” Cradle of Filth singer Dani Filth calls it “one of the best and profoundly imaginative comics I've read for centuries.&rdqu...
I had a chance to sit down with Alex Aja, Kiefer Sutherland, and Amy Smart from the new physiological thriller Mirrors.
The first person I talked to was Kiefer Sutherland, who plays a night watchmen who can feel something strange coming from the...
...quo;s The Watchmen and his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and gave us the “The True History of Lobster Johnson “ at the end of several chapters. These stories reveal the strange history of the “character” and whether or not h...
...rthcoming Watchmen film generated a huge amount of buzz on the convention floor this year. And, while movies have largely edged out comics for fan attention, that reflects the state of the market as well. Fans are often more excited for cinem...
...alents of WATCHMEN and THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS need look no further," said Alvin Lu, Vice President, Publishing, VIZ Media. "In Japan, these two series are considered masterpieces of the form, along the lines of Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA ...
...ay tie)9. WATCHMEN 8. GHOST RIDER 7. RUSE 6. SANDMAN5. ULTIMATES4. CAPTAIN AMERICA3. FLASH2. GREEN LANTERN1. SILVER SURFER(Please note I did not list any movies that you voted for that are already in development or that have been optioned, such as FANT...
... Gibbons (WATCHMEN). Also: COUNTDOWN crossover, in case anyone cares.Kurt: I wish to buy COUNTDOWN crossover books until the day I die. It should be the crossover that never ends.SCOOBY DOO #96 $2.25In case you didn't pull out or the Trojan broke.SINIS...
...ROM HELL, WATCHMEN) had gone before. "He is the greatest comic book writer of all time," Robinson said. "Taking that into account, LEAGUE is one of his great works. Is it better than WATCHMEN? It depends on what you prefer. That gets into relative opi...
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Watchmen Release in Trouble by Fox Lawsuit?
Rumor: Despite Watchmen being in preproduction for years and shooting wrapped up, the latest copyright ownership lawsuit from Fox could be halting any release of the film until it&rsquo...
...o comics, WATCHMEN in particular. WATCHMEN is able to make people realize that comics aren't just for kids. After reading that I wanted to read other great comics, and so I read the THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, which really got me into Batman. V FOR VENDET...
...sting and Watchmen like turn (which the writer alluded to). I really don't see that as a bad thing, and don't see how he could complain about it being a ripoff from that singular storyline. Whatever, I still can't wait to see Peter and Syla...
... Maus and Watchmen and, ah, Sandman all started to happen. that was a really, really exciting time, and for me it was when I, when my tastes kind of grew up at that time, when I came to start to understand how powerful the medium of comics and graphic...
Contrary to previous reports, it seems that there will be a special Watchmen DVD release hitting shelves around the same time that the movie hits theaters next March. Snyder reported that the "Tales of the Black Freighter" storyline wouldn't be ...
The blogging of production updates has worked well for Cohen (Mummy 3), Lexi Alexander (Punisher), Del Toro (Hellboy II) and Snyder (Watchmen). So, now, Warner Bros and McG are launching a new official blog for their upcoming Terminator Salvation trilogy....
... dark The Watchmen to the intellectual Persepolis are being respected as literature on paper and on the big screen.
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...tation of Watchmen, helmed by 300 director Zach Snyder. The trailer leaked a few a days before Comic Con to wide acclaim. Similarly, the trailer of next year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine started a great deal of well-deserved buzz. Se...