drqshadow Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 I'm slowly starting to grow more and more anxious about this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I really thought I was going to make it to this movie's opening without getting my hopes up. One picture of a kid reading "Tales from the Black Freighter" and I start to jibber. :urock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 On the movie backlot, like a sailor on shore leave, I gawp in wonder at a New York City that never really was. Once a Canadian lumber yard, it's become a complex of American city streets. At the corner, a Treasure Island store promises a bounty of pulp thrills; down the block, the Gunga Diner beckons, fully fitted out in chrome and purple leather and, over there, the Rumrunner sign looms luridly. Even the austere facade of the Institute For Extraspatial Studies can't spoil the gaudy fun. On an upper floor, I spot the windows of the Judomaster Martial Arts Studio. I’m stopped in my tracks. Judomaster? Detail piles on dizzying detail. Rain's falling hard now and I'm led inside, through a grubby little hovel crammed with dressmaking dummies, past the huge halls of Karnak, into Dan Dreiberg's homely brownstone and down to where the Owl Ship sits. I clamber aboard in giddy delight. The rest of the visit kaleidoscopes crazily by: I watch footage of Rorschach pulling Nite Owl off a bloodied Knot Top; I flip through an issue of the Black Freighter; on a laptop, I see raw CGI blocking for the Vietnam sequence; I hold a smiley face pin splattered with what looks like real human bean juice; sitting in my own personal director's chair, I sign dozens of books and posters for cast and crew... Finally, tired but happy, arms around my new buddies, costumed and otherwise, it's my turn to smile for the camera. A month later, I'm smiling still. -Dave Gibbons December 2007 http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mxyzptlk Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 If Dave Gibbons is happy, I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 20th Century Fox has initiated a legal battle against Warner Bros. over the rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on the graphic novel Watchmen, says The Hollywood Reporter. On Friday, the studio sued Warner Bros., claiming it holds the exclusive copyrights and contract rights to Watchmen. Warner Bros. plans to release on March 6, 2009 a big-screen version of the popular graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. The film is directed by Zack Snyder (300) and stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewer. The trade says Fox seeks to enjoin Warner Bros. from going forward with the project, saying in the lawsuit that it seeks to "restrain (Warner Bros. Pictures) from taking actions that violate Fox's copyrights and which stand to forever impair Fox's rights to control the distribution and development of this unique work." Fox claims that between 1986 and 1990, it acquired all movie rights to the 12-issue DC Comics series and screenplays by Charles McKeown and Sam Hamm. In 1991, Fox assigned some rights via a quitclaim to Largo International with the understanding that the studio held exclusive rights to distribute the first motion picture based on Watchmen, according to the lawsuit. When Largo dismantled, the rights were transferred to producer Lawrence Gordon. Under a "turnaround agreement" between Fox and Gordon, the producer agreed to pay a buy-out price to Fox if he entered into any agreement with another studio or third party to develop or produce Watchmen, among other things. Now, Fox claims that neither Gordon nor Warner Bros. has paid the buy-out price or advised the studio of any other conditions required under the agreement, including procedures necessary to acquire the rights to Watchmen from Fox. http://www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=6782 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 The first "official" pic from the movie: Click for biggie size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 No Dr. Manhattan yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Nite Owl is a little too Batman. I'd much rather have him look like Blue Beetle. But that Comedian is the fucking shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Nite Owl is a little too Batman. I'd much rather have him look like Blue Beetle. But that Comedian is the fucking shit! I thought the same thing, about both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Holy crap. Holy crap holy crap holy crap. All right, Snyder. I'm in. I'm fucking well in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Like I said in the thread over on the O, they look fine... but the plastic vinyl reflective texture for EVERY SINGLE SUPERHERO'S COSTUME is getting really over the top now. The Comedian and Rorschach look great, and the Silk Spectre looks all right, but that Nite Owl is not pleasant. Ozymandias, I'm still undecided on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglancy Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Ozymandias looks WAAAYYYY too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 He does, but they could claim he was a superhero prodigy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 That's the best superhero design for a film ever. I don't care what anybody says. Even Niteowl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Behind the scenes video of the building of the sets. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=43692 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Watchmen action figures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Watchmen action figures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I wonder if Alan Moore will want any! I'm thinking that he won't.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Video diary about the costume design: http://www.joblo.com/video/player.php?video=Watchmen_480 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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drqshadow Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I don't see the point in waiting to unveil Manhattan until the SDCC. It's not like he's a character whose design leaves a lot to the imagination. Think the crowds will turn on the film when he's revealed to be wearing manties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I don't see the point in waiting to unveil Manhattan until the SDCC. It's not like he's a character whose design leaves a lot to the imagination. Think the crowds will turn on the film when he's revealed to be wearing manties? I think that'll give a big part of the crowd the reason it's looking for to turn on the film, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I demand to see blue schlong! I'm not paying unless they are faithful to the book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 I paid my $10.50, and I'm not leaving until I see Lil' Manhattan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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