300

[Happydude]

300 was an awesome movie! i loved all the backgrounds! i wonder what the producer guy...whatever his name was will do next...in any case, i will see it.

[DarkMaster]

The director is doing The Watchmen next, which is supposedly a pretty good comic book/graphic novel.

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

The director is doing The Watchmen next, which is supposedly a pretty good comic book/graphic novel.

I cannot see anyone making it into a movie without destroying the material. Perhaps if Alan Moore worked closely with the director like Frank Miller does...but he really does not want this movie made. And can you blame him? All the movie adaptations of his books have been crap.

Terry Gilliam eventually abandoned the project due to the funding problems, also adding the concern that Watchmen would have been unfilmable. "Reducing [the story] to a two or two-and-a-half hour film... seemed to me to take away the essence of what Watchmen is about," Gilliam said.

After Warner Bros. dropped the project, producer Lawrence Gordon acquired the rights to Watchmen and invited Gilliam back to helm the film. Gilliam declined, believing that the comic book would be better directed as a five-hour miniseries.

In October 2001, Gordon and Universal Studios signed screenwriter David Hayter to write and direct Watchmen in a "seven-figure deal". Hayter, being familiar with the project's long history, said, "[Watchmen] was considered too dark, too complex, too 'smart.' But the world has changed [after 9/11]. I think that the new global climate has finally caught up with the vision that Alan Moore had in 1986. It is the perfect time to make this movie."

Man, if they add some 9/11 twist to it...will be mighty pissed. The added America stuff in regard to the current war in V for Vendetta left a bad taste in my mouth.

Rorshach was stuck into a frame of the R-rated trailer for 300:

[Professor S]

I'm looking forward to The Watchmen. If anyone can pull it off it's Hayter, as he is a very good script writer. As for the 9/11 mentions, I think he was more comparing the events in the book with the events that took place on 9/11, rather than adding a modern twist. Hayter was saying that the world is ready for a major film about the subject matter because of 9/11, IMO.

Also, I like the idea of 300's director helming the project, but not because of 300. He directed the Dawn of the Dead remake and it was quite good. That proved he could handle multiple characters and storylines at once without having the entire movie suffer. That makes me more confident than anything in 300.

[DarkMaster]

If I recall correctly, Moore said that Hayter's screenplay of The Watchmen was the closest it'd probably ever get to being a decent transition from book to film, but he'd still never go see the movie and does not want it made. I think they ditched Hayter's screenplay too, unless Snyder is working from it now, I dunno.


Fun fact: David Hayter is Solid Snake...

[Fox 6]

So, its out on DVD. Anyone pick it up yet. I got the special addition yesterday.


THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

[Bond]

I've been thinking of buying it on HD-DVD, but I don't feel like spending $28 on it because it's the queer HD-DVD/DVD combo.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Happydude

i wonder what the producer guy...whatever his name was will do next...

Put money up for a project and either drive it into the ground with his own terrible "It's my money, you do it my way" decisions, or not do a thing and take the credit if it wins for Best Picture.

[GameMaster]

I've seen the ending about 300 times now. Its so epic and heart-wrenching.