Things are heating up for The Watchmen
The Watchmen Cover
When I first saw trailers for 300, I was blown away by the style. The look of the film was so unique and true to the source material in that trailer, that I assumed I was setting myself for disappointment. While 300 is far from a cinematic masterpiece, it was faithful to the graphic novel and was a great movie experience. As the credits started rolling the night I saw it, I looked for one name: the director.
Zack Snyder also directed the remake of Dawn of the Dead. I’d never been a fan of zombie flicks, except for Fido, 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead, but I thought Snyder’s remake was pretty solid. I started to track this guy’s career after 300.
His newest project is Alan Moore’s The Watchmen. If you’re unfamiliar with Alan Moore’s work, he wrote comic books that would be adapted into the films V for Vendetta and From Hell. Alan Moore has been rather reluctant to show any form of support for adaptations of his work, to the point of not even accepting the royalties, but giving them to others he worked with. He has been quoted numerous times saying that The Watchmen is impossible to make into a film. Well, Zack Snyder decided to try and take this statement on.
The film just wrapped shooting on the 19th and Snyder decided to give a still of one of the scenes on the movie’s blog. It got me really excited to see Rorschach in the image, and I’ve been pumped ever since.
There was a bit of news that surfaced today, involving another part of the comic book and movie. Within the comic book itself, there is a parallel comic that takes place inside it, called The Tales of the Black Freighter. It was speculative whether or not this would be included in the film, as it was already pretty lengthy. According to Cinematical.com, this companion piece will be included, but only as a special DVD feature. It will be made in the form of an anime, with Gerard Butler (of King Leonidas fame) as the voice of the principal character. The cast of the actual movie can be found here at FirstShowing.net.
If Snyder can pull this off, it will solidify him as a top Hollywood director. The Watchmen has been in some stage of production for nearly twenty years! After seeing how well he handled the 300 material, I’m really confident that Snyder will do a stand-up job. I’m going to be watching updates on this film like a hawk. If you haven’t read the comic, I suggest you do. It transcends what the medium is considered to be. It is the Holy Grail of comic books. It does things to the Superhero genre that have made Moore a legend, and rightly so.
Amazon Link for graphic novel: The Watchmen
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I too was looking forward to the next film Zack Snyder was going to put out. It wasn’t until I read your post that I now know exactly what that film will be haha. It does almost sadden me that it won’t be another year (from today) yet until we’ll actually get to see this film. I guess there will be movies to curb my appetite until then, Batman and Indy 4 to name just two. It’ll be a long, but worthwhile wait!
Pat Ruddy on March 6th, 2008 10:15 pm
Yeah, I’m pretty psyched for this one. I definitely suggest you pick up the graphic novel if you can find it anywhere.
Sameer Barkawi on March 7th, 2008 3:02 am