Watchmen gets a Director

[Malitos_Sahkir]

From the CS! main page:
Ain't-It-Cool-News talked to screenwriter David Hayter about the upcoming Revolution Studios Watchmen adaptation and has revealed that Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky will helm the project.

The site says that as soon as Aronofsky has completed Warner Bros.' The Fountain, he will be bringing the characters to the big screen. The film's writer, David Hayter, was previously believed to be directing, but that didn't go through.

Producer Lloyd Levin described the film as, "It's about a group of superheroes who reunite to figure out who is trying to kill them off."
Sounds good, Requiem of a Dream was well-directed, and David Hayter wrote two good X-men flicks ( and he's the voice of Solid Snake, that earns him points in my book )... Can someone tell me what "Watchmen" is about? I think it's written by Alan Moore and it's said to be his best... Which worries me because his adaptions have been crap so far.

[Benz]

I'm excited about the news but I'm not that familiar with the Watchmen book.

[Knerys]

I've haven't read it either but I hear it very strange. Definietly have to check it out.

[Tenafly Viper]

I don’t want to give anything away, believe me you are all the better for not knowing what its about, take advantage of this. Trust me, though some (few) hate it, most absolutely love this scathing and imo honest look at Superheroes. Think Nietzscheism, and be prepared to think.

“Never yet has there been a superman. I have seen them both naked, the greatest and the smallest men, and they are still all too similar to one another. Verily, even the greatest I found to be all too human.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

It’s available in trade paper back at most bookstores, so go get it. A must read for comic fans, if only because of the effect it had on comics as a whole back in the day, and remember, “Who watches the Watchmen?”

As for the film, I’ve been waiting for this project for a long time. But I’m not entirely sure it can be adapted, Moore's track record to date is abysmal, and this is by far the hardest of his works to bring to screen. But we're going to find out if it can be done.
Initially I thought Scott, but I do like Aronofsky, although Ronin is probably better suited to his overall style. With this project, and Sin City already filming, I have to say I'm extremely excited about this coming years Comic to Screen films.

[sniktawt]

Can never be done in a 2 hour film.
I've said it before , to bring this to life it needs a 13 part adult HBO mini-series and it should be animated to allow for the use of the purposely lame look of some of the heroes.

Moore is near impossible to adapt.
Much the same way some Stephen King books are.
He's very character driven and without time to establish characters , especially Watchmen, this will just be another Moore adapted stinker.

They will ruin the greatest Comic Story ever wrote if they try to do this in 2 measly hours.

[Frizzo the Clown]

Wasn't Terry Gilliam trying to get the rights to make this for a while?

[sniktawt]

Now that would have been one tripped out film.

[Frizzo the Clown]

If I remember right, he's been trying to get this made for quite some time, but he couldn't aquire the budget that he needed. Man....now that would've been a film!

[sniktawt]

He would have put effort into that's for sure and it would have looked like it 's supposed to.

[Frizzo the Clown]

Either that or it would've ended up like another Don Quixote. ;)

[sniktawt]

true.

[Tenafly Viper]

Gilliam would'nt have been that bad of a choice imo, he definitely would've gotten the retro look that snik mentioned down perfect.

I think it's weird that Aronofsky has been wanting to adapt, Batman: Year One or Ronin for the longest time, and ultimately ends up with a project almost as hard to bring to the screen as Lord of the Rings.

[plastiqphantom]

I never read the comic but I'm rather excited to see it now because of Aronofsky.

[rObix]

Originally posted by Frizzo the Clown
Either that or it would've ended up like another Don Quixote. ;) at least we'd end up with an interesting documentary, and still hot have to see watchmen butchered on screen.
everything about watchmen just screams "don't make me into a movie, no one will like it."

[Frizzo the Clown]

Originally posted by rObix
at least we'd end up with an interesting documentary, and still hot have to see watchmen butchered on screen.
everything about watchmen just screams "don't make me into a movie, no one will like it." Ya got me there. ;)

[sniktawt]

Yeah , We will PROBABLY be *****ing about this from the date of production till 10 years after we have seen it that's for sure.;)

[Benz]

Isn't Aronofsky meant to be directing The Fountain, Lone Cub & Wolf and Flicker? Either way I don't expect to see this till 2006 at the earliest.

[sniktawt]

Are they still doing the Lone Wolf and Cub Film ?

That too would be kinda hard to get right , imo.