[Super Ordinary Guy]

For those of you not currently in the know, a movie is in the works based off of the famous Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen: News has surfaced from SHH Link HERE

Originally Posted by SHH interview with Zach Snyder

SHH!: What's going on with "Watchmen?"
Zack Snyder: We're trying to get a budget together now that I feel like the movie is in a very cool place. I think the script is starting to become pretty cool. I've been talking to some actors--I'm not going to say who--but it's cool, because in some ways you can get real actors. You don't have to go Hollywood. So that's all going along. I've been drawing away, so I think it's coming along. They have talked about maybe shooting in the summer.

SHH!: Is the budget for "Watchmen" set right now or is there some sort of plus or minus depending on how well "300" does?
Snyder: That's theoretical. I believe that is probably reflecting reality. I don't know that for sure. It's not set right now. Maybe that's a coincidence, maybe not.

SHH!: What's been the delay with the movie? 10 years ago it was a Joel Silver film.
Snyder: I can only thank God that they haven't gotten it together yet. I think the delay is that they haven't known what it was. I set the movie in 1985 and I have the luxury of being far enough away from 1985 so that that is a viable idea. I think what happened in the past was that when you're only five years away from 1985, it's a weird time to make a period piece that took place three years ago, but studios don't get that. There has been a push I think on the other scripts that exist about trying to update the movie or trying to make it take place in present day and things of that nature. I think by setting it 1985, by having the Cold War, having Nixon, having all that stuff, you sort of reinvigorate what the story is about. It allows all the metaphors to sort of erect. But, if you set the movie in modern times, you're basically saying it's the war on terror right is the thing. Then the movie is asking me, "oh Zack, what do you think of the war on terror? What's your take on it?" Who gives a f**k about what I think about the war on terror? That's not why people go to the movies. I think that what Alan in his book, the comment he's made about authority and government and all those things, maybe if you make that movie right what that has to say makes people think about what's happening maybe now or in their own lives. That's my hope for what the movie could be.

SHH!: How has the universal praise for "300" assisted you with making "Watchmen" and possibly other projects?
Snyder: I can't say it hasn't helped a lot. What it does do [is that] people have said to me, "What's going on with “Watchmen?” You’ve got to make sure you don’t f**k that up. What can I do to help?" And I said, "Go see '300.'" The truth is, "300" to the studio is a graphic novel movie. It's not a movie that they necessarily understand exactly when I pitch it on paper. They feel in some ways the same about "Watchmen." They don't understand why it's not "Fantastic 4." I have to remind them that it's much more "Strangelove" than it is "Fantastic 4" which they don't like hearing, but they believe that I know, and in that way, it helps. When they finally saw this movie, I think they felt, "Wow, we didn't know this was the movie you were necessarily making, but we like this movie." Maybe that will apply to "Watchmen."

SHH = SuperHeroHype.com

[Mathsorcerer]

This is the one for which I've been waiting for at least 10 years. It looks like it might finally be on its way.

I've seen all sorts of names thrown about before, but here is how I would cast it:
Julian MacMahon - Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt (he's the only person with sufficient height, build, looks, and voice...but he would have to dye his hair)
Michael Madsen - Rorshach (he has the right look and voice)
John Cusack - Owlman II (but he'd have to gain 30 lbs for the role)
Julianne Moore - Silk Spectre
Stockard Channing - the original Silk Spectre
Bruce Dern - the original Owlman
Mickey Rourke - Comedian (he did a good job as Marv in Sin City)
Clancy Brown - Dr. Manhattan (for the flashbacks and the voice, this character would be mostly CGI)

[Matt H.]

I hope they don't mess this up. I love Watchmen.

[The_Heroic_Loser]

This will probably be great, but you never know. Hell, Joss Whedon said that a Watchmen movie should never be made.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by The_Heroic_Loser

This will probably be great, but you never know. Hell, Joss Whedon said that a Watchmen movie should never be made.

He's right, it's just too crazy. And even if they did end up making it, there's no way they will keep half of the things Moore did in the series. I mean, come on, a superhero shot an unarmed pregnant woman, another raped a fellow superhero, and one turned to villainy! Back in the '80s those things were pretty "out there", and they still are now, with all the vanilla superhero movies out now. I don't think the studios will do it. It will cost too much money and unless someone really REALLY big does it (like the Wachowski brothers), it will never get mad.

[Mathsorcerer]

I wouldn't call the Comedian a hero. *shrug*

[The_Heroic_Loser]

One of the "heroes" shot a pregnant lady? Wow.....I've never read the graphic novel before, so I wouldn't know.....That's pretty crazy.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by The_Heroic_Loser

One of the "heroes" shot a pregnant lady? Wow.....I've never read the graphic novel before, so I wouldn't know.....That's pretty crazy.

As I recall, and it's been ages since I read the series (about 10 years) the Comedian was in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He got a Vietnamese girl pregnant, she confronted him, he said something to the effect of, "Go screw", and she raked him over the face with her nails so he shot her.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Mathsorcerer

I wouldn't call the Comedian a hero. *shrug*

He started a hero, they all did, but of course they all changed.

[Mathsorcerer]

Even in his early days, he wasn't much of one. Remember what he did to the original Silk Spectre only a few months into the fully-formed group.

The only one who really earns the mantle of "hero" is the second Nite-Owl.