from Variety online:

Paramount has stopped watching over "The Watchmen."
After two months of speculation, the studio pulled the plug on the action-adventure and put it into turnaround over the weekend. Producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin were taking the project, with British director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Supremacy") attached, out to other studios.

"The Watchmen," based on the DC Comics series of the same name, came under heavy scrutiny even before ParPar chief Brad Grey's surprise move to replace Donald De Line with Gail Berman as studio president in late March. De Line found out about the change while in London meeting with Greengrass about "The Watchmen" and the need to cut its budget, rumored to be $100 million.

Par had been aiming for a summer start but began releasing crews working on pre-production at that point.

"The Watchmen" was previously set up at Universal, where David Hayter signed a seven-figure deal in 2001 to adapt with an eye toward directing. Story, set in the 1950s, centers on an ordinary man donning superhero garb to track down criminals and being joined by other vigilantes.


(That's not the Watchmen I read)

*shakes head* if they'd just stuck to the storyline I could see watching it. It'd be one thing if it was a movie right out of the blue, without any basis on a comic book. Heck, Mystery Men appealed to me in that regard. I even have a favorite hero from that one. Mr. Furious.

from Variety online:

P(That's not the Watchmen I read)

Watchmen is back on - filming could start this summer

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20365

Wooohoooo (if they stay true to the graphic novel)

http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=9090

Latest rumours - Tom Cruise - will he won't he star?

As one of a shrinking (or already shrunk?) group of Tom Cruise fans, I for one am hopeful that he does take the role. Then again, if he doesn't, I'll live.

I liked him as Lestat in Interview with a Vampire. I know most people hated him in it but his arrogance and attitude WAS Lestat!

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=20478

First image from the movie

A still of Rorschach as he discovers the comedian's blodied smiley face badge

I periodically bump this back up the board

Images released of 5 of the characters

I like most of them

Note owl is a bit too batman, and not sure about Ozymandias

But overall this is looking good

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22119

I'm a big fan of "V FOR VENDETTA" so I hope this takes off. I heard that someone over at Marvel was going to work on a script for a film version about "The Original Human Torch" (Jim Hammond-not Johnny Storm) and have it move back and forth between the 1930's and today. I hope this is the real deal.
Also, I got an e-mail not too long ago that Universal might revive "THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON" (it was an on again/off again project) and the story would tie it to "The Creature Walks Among Us" so it wouldn't be just another remake but a true sequel. I'd love to see this in 3D!

I periodically bump this back up the board

Images released of 5 of the characters

I like most of them

Note owl is a bit too batman, and not sure about Ozymandias

But overall this is looking good

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22119

I saw those photso in ComingSoon.net, and now I saw those photos in empireonline.com. I thought it's Batman.


I know Watchmen is based on comic book but I don't know much about Watchmen. Sounds good to me.