Watchmen
 

The Watchmen have been cast!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33449

Jackie Earle Haley is Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Billy Crudup is Dr. Manhattan
Malin Akerman is Juspeczyk / The Silk Spectre
Matthew Goode is Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Patrick Wilson is Nite Owl
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny Ducket on Grey's Anatomy) will play The Comedian

I'm pleased. I love the choice for the Comedian, that guy is gold.

The only casting there that I'm not too crazy about is Matthew Goode

but... New Casting News


Carla Gugino is Sally Jupiter in Watchmen
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
August 8, 2007


Carla Gugino (Sin City) has joined the cast of Watchmen, the Warner Bros. adaptation of the DC Comics limited series.

She joins Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman in the Warner Bros. movie, which is set in an alternate America that has passed a law banning costumed crime fighters. When one is murdered, the remaining members set out to solve the mystery.

Gugino will play Sally Jupiter, a burlesque dancer-turned-costumed heroine and sex symbol the Silk Spectre who is part of the Minutemen, a group of heroes who preceded the Watchmen. She also is the mother of the new Silk Spectre (Akerman).

Gugino is expected to portray Jupiter in varying eras, playing different ages throughout the movie.

Link: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...4ab3d241d98a79

'Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves and Jude Law were interested in the Snyder incarnation, though they balked when it became clear that the studio was holding the line on the budget.'

They loved it so much that they couldn't afford to take a pay cut? Jude Law has a freakin' Rorshach tattoo for crying out loud.

I haven't heard of nearly all these people but the source material is rich, so I expect good things.

Shame too Jude Law would have made the perfect Ozy

The first Video blog for The Watchmen is up! There will be a new blog every month on the 6th from now on:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36301

I just picked up the trade for this because I've heard good things about it. Alan Moore is always pissed when a movie comes out based off his novels because none made so far have had anything to do with his source material. Since I never read any of his novels before this will be the first time and I can compare, something I couldn't do on V For Vendetta*Which I thought was really good* and From Hell*Which I also thought was great*. League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen I did not like at all.

I'm about a quarter of the way through it, Mr.Manhattan has just gone to Mars to think about what he has done. It's getting really deep. I don't know how their going to handle it in the movie.

Ya, I'm very curious to how this movie will turn out as well. There is SO much you would have to pack into the movie to make it turn out right...this book wont be an easy translation unless they just do a step by step story and line of events...which would be lame, but Zach Snyder is a fan, and the blog is makin it look great. I think this will be a great movie, but no way will it surpass the book, or even be on par with it.

In my opinion this book is better suited for an adult themed animated or live action HBO series. That way they can do each issue true to form. Honestly a lot of the story makes no sense without the excerpts from the different books at the end of every issue. That will be insanely hard to do in a film unless they plan on tons of narration. That might bore people.

They will either split the story up into more then one picture or take all the characters and re-write the entire thing making it less meaningful I'm sure*And how can't they, they'll have to leave out so much to make it fit into 2 hours*. It'll have things in common with the book but I'd bet dollars to dimes it won't be a true adaptation. There's just no way they can do that.

You're definitely not alone in your opinion of a 12-part or so HBO miniseries, I've seen it argued before...and yea...no way it can be a full on adaption...there is just wayyyy too much going on in this book. Even so, I think we're in for a treat.

I've been following this director. "Dawn Of The Dead" was the first of his movies. It was decent, not great, not awesome, but it had it's moments. It was better then a lot of horror movies out at the time.

Then I saw "300", I felt it was devoid of all intelligence but it was supposed to be. It wasn't until I saw how the comic itself was that the movie made sense. He worked with what he had to work with so with that said I can say he made a decent film. Wasn't my cup of tea but I grew bored with muscle bond He-men battling armies awhile ago. The only difference in "300" was there were samurai and monsters.

With that said I say I trust this guy. He has good material and was rather faithful to Miller's "300".

Agreed. I also think Snyder will do a pretty good job...if you watch the blogs you can see that it looks exactly like the book in atmosphere, and considering how closely he followed 300, I'm pretty sure it will be pretty faithful...but really it's not his dedication to make it faithful that scares me...it's fitting so many mind bending thoughts and theories into one movie.

The Watchmen trailer is online!!

http://www.empireonline.com/video/watchmen/

By the gods.... I got goosebumps!! :o

Edit: Apperantly empireonline.com made a booboo and released it 12 hours early. *lmao* They have now taken it off the site...BUUUT...you can see it here:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/...tely-stunning/

and here
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/watchmen/trailer

Sweet Jesus, that was amazing.

Looks awesome. Nite Owl looks a bit too Batman-ish and Aside from those minor gripes, amazing. Dr. Manhattan looked far more accurate than I could have imagined and I actually got goosebumps when Rorschach spoke.

This trailer blew me away when I saw The Dark Knight last night. Zack Snyder looks to have totally nailed it. Easily my most anticipated movie of 09 now.

I don't know how the hell they plan to even begin to smash all the plot of this story into the movie, maybe there will be sequels? But it looks pretty damn accurate so far. I look forward to this big time.

Mabey it's long as sh*t.

Looking really forward to it. Wanna see this more badly than The Dark Knight, but I kinda agree with Cow's observation. I hope it's just the trailer.

The Watchmen trailer is now on Apple!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/

From what I've read, the full cut of the movie is 4+ hours long. What doesn't make it into the final cut will either be released as a "prequel" DVD before the movie comes out or as webisodes.

Finally, a DC movie that again uses the remix of "The End is the Beggining Is The End", about the only good thing attached to Batman and Robin

It'd make more sense to release it in two parts with-in the same year. That's cool that we will get it on the DVD most likely.

Well I know the pirate story is gonna be on DVD. The final cut I believe is 3 hours.

Good thing Snyder is a Watchmen fan. I can't wait to see this. After peeping the pictures that were released months ago, the trailer does it more justice as a well done comic book film.

Hopefully, both.

The trailer for this looks great. My only real complaint is that while he looks awesome, Night Owl looks too much like Batman. Also I'll have to get used to Rorschach's voice. When I read it I imagine him sounding like the DCAU Question.

Yeah... They should have cast Jeffery Combs. That woulda been super awesome...

Seeing this trailer in theatres was awesome beyond compare. Im definatly gonna see the movie....is it March yet? :P

BUMP
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808406490/trailer

New trailer. It looks all fine on a technical level, but I felt slightly detached from it. Dr Manhattan's and Rorschach's voices felt weird. The actor they've chosen for Manhattan doesn't feel right for the part at all. I always pictured him with a lower, deeper voice than this.

I realise this is nitpicking, it's the result of really high expectations. I just really want it to be perfect.

::edit::
Notice how they're calling themselves "the watchmen" now too. They never did that, did they? It sounds kinda cheesy. I don't like this trailer. :( Please be good.

I've been cautiously optimistic about this movie so far, but I can't help but admit this trailer is... awful. I know it might not be representative of the final product, but everything in there seems to capture the details of the comic on the most superficial level only. And the 'acting'... Christ. The girl in particular is terrible. So disappointing.

And I totally agree about the 'Watchmen' thing. It's so lame. They're not the Justice League, for crying out loud.

The Watchmen - WB Screwed
 

Basically Fox sues WB over "The Watchmen", WB says F u, Fox wins, WB = screwed.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...a6b7e72b2048cf

WB is getting raped lately. Batman did them well but with this and Nolan not planning on doing Batman 3 they're a bit screwed.

Anyways I read they screened the first 15 minutes somewhere and people said it sucked. I'll hold out to formulate my own opinions but before "Grand Trino" I saw a short first look on it and I wasn't very impressed. Between them changing the ending and the fact the cast is all no names, who I personally don't feel fit their roles, my expectations are quite low. I also thought "300" was a disaster.

I'll follow Moore's usual advise about movies based on his own stuff...just read the original material, don't pull out money to see it acted out, even if it's "truthful to the material", you shouldnt be told how to read something. It's not original. They spend this much on adaptation and not charity? C'mon.

Deep down..does anyone rate 300 as more than just an old internet meme? No...the most well-known thing about this movie is that it has the awesome remix of "The End is The Beggining Is The End"

This whole situation doesn't affect the viewing audience at all besides a release date delay. Fox will end up making more money and WB will end up making less, It doesn't affect us in the slightest.

Maybe if I watch the movie and then read the graphic novel, I will appreciate the novel more? I don't know....

No you should read the novel first. Watching a ****** movie about it(allegedly) first will ruin the experience.

I don't know, the only movie that I liked more than the book when watching the movie before reading the book was The Princess Bride.

I liked "From Hell" and "V For Vendetta" though I heard he didn't. I know V is far from the source material, which I think would be preferred since they weren't screwing up the real story. I could see why he'd be mad at any of his books getting turned movie since it's impossible to jam pack all the story into one film. Course leave it to someone to try with "Watchmen".

None of this affects views of the film no but it could affect the future of what's being made by WB and they have some franchises under their belt.

I've already written this off. You can't top the graphic novel. It also has a bad director, cast and writer.

Didn't David Hayter write it, or did they scrap his script?

Your two posts are kind of contradictory... You think it sucks theyre changing parts of the ending, but you like that they changed V for Vendetta?

If changing a bunch of things about V didn't change the story, the ending of Watchmen won't change the real message that was trying to get put across.

And on a sidenote, **** Moore. He's one of the biggest pretentious assholes ever. The ****er writes comic books, he isn't god. He's a dirty old man who thinks his **** doesn't stink. Seriously, read some interviews with the guy, he's the biggest prick around.

Other people screened the entire film, people who had been huge fans of the graphic novel, and stated it was superb. People like Brian K. Vaughn, Kevin Smith, etc..

If anything, we all know it couldn't be worse than the Spirit.