The Latest News on Watchmen
May 06, 2008
Zack Snyder Posts New Watchmen Journal
Wondering how things are going behind the scenes of Watchmen? Zack Snyder lays it all out for you in his latest video journal! More...
April 07, 2008
See the Sets of Zack Snyder's Watchmen
Ready for a look at the sets of Zack Snyder's Watchmen? More...
March 07, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: new photos from Watchmen and Wolverine
This week's Ketchup bottle holds new photos from Watchmen and Wolverine, news about competing Avatar titles from James Cameron and M. Night Shyamalan, and casting news about another installment of The Fast and the Furious More...
March 06, 2008
Zack Snyder Posts a New Batch of Watchmen Stills!
As of today, we're one year away from the debut of Zack Snyder's Watchmen -- and Snyder is celebrating right along with the rest of us. More...
February 28, 2008
Justice League of America Back on the Fast Track
Not long ago, George Miller's Justice League of America was rumored to be locked in development deep-freeze, a casualty of the writers' strike -- but now that Hollywood's scribes are back to work, Warner Bros. has JLA back on track. More...
February 12, 2008
Lawsuit-o-Rama: The Hobbit, Watchmen, Passion of the Christ, and Nic Cage!
The Tolkien Trust is suing New Line, Fox is suing Warner Bros. over Watchmen, The Passion of the Christ screenwriter is suing Mel Gibson, and Nicolas Cage is courting Kathleen Turner. It's going to take an army of Michael Claytons to untangle the legal messes Hollywood has tumbled into this week.... More...
February 01, 2008
Carla Gugino Calls Her Watchmen Role "A Challenge"
Ask a dozen film critics to each make a list of the most underappreciated actresses working in Hollywood today, and the name "Carla Gugino" is likely to appear more than once -- but her turn as the Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder's Watchmen just might help her grab that elusive spotlight.... More...
December 17, 2007
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Says Watchmen's Comedian Lives Up to the Book
Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been making the press rounds for P.S. I Love You, so everyone has gotten a chance to grill him about Watchmen. He plays The Comedian, and confirms that the movie is capturing every glorious moment of his story as depicted in the original Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel.... More...
December 10, 2007
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gerard Butler Talk Watchmen
Aside from being co-stars in the upcoming romantic comedy P.S. I Love You, Gerard Butler and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are both veterans of Zack Snyder productions -- so you know that when SuperHeroHype showed up at a press junket for P.S., their questions had nothing to do with Hilary Swank.... More...
November 27, 2007
New Watchmen Info and Stills!
Watchmen director Zack Snyder has issued another update from the set of his highly anticipated adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel, and what he has to say -- and show -- should only increase fans' excitement for the film. More...
November 21, 2007
Watchmen Spinoffs Heading to DVD?
As any comics fan could tell you -- at high volume, and possibly a few tears -- the bar for comics-to-film adaptations has been set painfully low. Hopes for Zack Snyder's Watchmen are high, however -- and if the latest gossip from CHUD is on target, that optimism could be justified.... More...
November 14, 2007
Matt Frewer Joins Watchmen Cast
In a bit of news that should bring a smile to the face of anyone old enough to remember 1988, Matt Frewer -- the actor who rose to fame as the Coke-shilling disembodied head known as Max Headroom -- has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's Watchmen. More...
November 05, 2007
Go Behind the Scenes of Hellboy II and Watchmen!
Getting impatient to see Watchmen? How about Hellboy II: The Golden Army? More...
October 12, 2007
Zack Snyder Developing The Last Photograph
Zack Snyder has already taken audiences onto the battlefields of ancient Greece. Now, according to Variety, he's planning on taking them on "a journey...through war-torn Afghanistan." More...
October 04, 2007
Writing Team Penning Fast-Tracked Transformers 2
It looked like a long shot, but give 'em credit for moving quickly when they needed to -- DreamWorks/Paramount is getting its ducks in a row for the fast-tracked Transformers 2. More...
October 03, 2007
Malin Akerman Says Watchmen Light On Green Screen
Watchmen has begun filming but Malin Akerman is still on the press rounds for The Heartbreak Kid. She provided a preview of her role as The Silk Spectre before she joins the rest of the cast on the set. More...
September 25, 2007
Zack Snyder Sends A Message From The Watchmen Set!
Warner Brothers just passed along a video message from Watchmen director Zack Snyder, taped on location in Vancouver where the production has just finished its first week of shooting. More...
August 29, 2007
Zack Snyder to Helm New Illustrated Man
Zack Snyder, director of the comic book adaptations 300 and the soon-to-start-filming Watchmen, has already demonstrated a fondness for hand-drawn source material. According to Variety, his next project will take its inspiration from a different kind of illustration -- specifically, Ray... More...
August 08, 2007
Watchmen's Cast Adds Carla Gugino
Wednesday seems to be Casting Announcement Day this week -- no sooner do we learn that Anton Yelchin will be joining the cast of Star Trek XI do we receive word of the latest addition to the cast of Zack Snyder's Watchmen. Guess who'll be playing Sally Jupiter, A.K.A. the Silk Spectre?... More...
July 25, 2007
Crudup, Wilson, and Goode Confirmed for Watchmen
We can all stop speculating who will be in WB's big screen adaptation of Watchmen, because the cast has been announced. Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley and Malin Akerman are all confirmed, according to Variety.... More...
July 23, 2007
Jackie Earle Haley, More Confirmed for Watchmen Cast
Expect to see a whole lot of "Watchmen" updates over the next several months. And here's one: Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, and Malin Akerman have signed deals to appear in Zack Snyder's Alan Moore adaptation. More...
July 16, 2007
Secondary Characters Revealed for Watchmen
With actors ranging from Tom Cruise to Jude Law rumored to be in talks for a part in the big screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel Watchmen, speculations of who's going to be cast are almost as big an event as the movie surely will be. ... More...
July 10, 2007
Crudup to Join "Watchmen"?
Its release date is still listed as "TBA 2008," but director Zack Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' classic "Watchmen" graphic novel is already kicking up all kinds of dust on the news/gossip circuit (as in, um, our very own newsdesk).... More...
June 28, 2007
Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jeremy Irons...Is This the "Watchmen" Cast List?
As we wait and wonder about what Zack Snyder's "Watchmen" will end up like, we have a big juicy casting report to share. It might not be 100% finished just yet, but it's still fun to look through anyway. More...
June 18, 2007
Patrick Wilson (Pretty Much) Confirmed for "Watchmen"
He did great work in both "Hard Candy" and "Little Children," so now it might be time for Patrick Wilson's shot at the comic book material. More...
June 15, 2007
Keanu Says No to "Watchmen"
Last week we heard about a few of Zack Snyder's potential "wish list" actors for his "Watchmen" adaptation. Scratch one name off... More...
June 11, 2007
Zack Snyder Chats About "Watchmen"
Not even in pre-production and already it's one of the most talked-about adaptations in quite some time... More...
May 17, 2007
"Metal Gear Solid" Moving On Without "Solid Snake"
Actor turned screenwriter David Hayter provided the voice for Solid Snake in the "Metal Gear Solid" video games -- but that doesn't mean he's working on the movie version. More...
March 26, 2007
Zack Snyder To Revisit Zombie Action in "Army of the Dead"
Fanboys already excited about Zack Snyder's upcoming "Watchmen" adaptation have a whole new reason to "heart" the "300" helmer: another zombie movie!! More...
March 05, 2007
WonderCon: Zack Snyder Talks "Watchmen"
Now that Zack Snyder is done with "300," and looks to have done a fine job with it, he's ready to move on to his next project, "Watchmen." Originally a twelve-issue graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, "Watchman" will be an R-rated super hero movie, if Snyder... More...
March 02, 2007
Tom Cruise NOT to Star in "Watchmen"
I haven't read the source material, but apparently Tom Cruise was interested in playing the character 'Ozymandias' in Zack Snyder's (eventually) upcoming "Watchmen" adaptation. But don't get too stressed just yet... More...
February 11, 2007
Zack Snyder Talks "Watchmen": "More 'Taxi Driver' Than 'Fantastic Four'"
"Watchmen" has been one of the longest in development comic book properties. If even Joel Silver couldn't get it made, it's clearly a tough one. Zack Snyder ("300") is gearing up to make it happen, and he appreciates that nobody else got it done first.... More...
November 16, 2006
Early Screening Report on "300"
A few more buzzings have leaked out regarding Zack Snyder's "300," which is of course the highly-anticipated action flick based on the novel by Frank Miller. Apparently another guy saw it -- and loved it. More...
November 15, 2006
Don't Hold Your Breath on a "Watchmen" Sequel
The very busy Zack Snyder ("Dawn of the Dead," "300") recently sat down with IGN's Scott Collura and delivered a rather thorough breakdown of what we might expect to find in his adaptation of Alan Moore's "Watchmen" -- although don't expect any sequels.... More...
October 06, 2006
Snyder & Co. Finish Up Their "Watchman" Screenplay
If there's one young filmmaker who's poised to become a huge fanboy-favorite, it's gotta be Mr. Zack Snyder. After winning over most of the skeptics with his "Dawn of the Dead" remake, the guy poured a whole lot of effort into the seriously cool-looking "300." And after that?... More...
June 09, 2005
Paramount Confirms "Mission: Impossible 3" is a Go
Just a day after dropping their proposed "Watchmen" adaptation, Paramount Pictures announced that "Mission: Impossible 3" will go into production on July 18th. J.J. Abrams (TV's "Alias") will make his big-screen directorial debut on the highly anticipated... More...
June 08, 2005
"Watchmen" Spun Into Turnaround
Variety brings some news that might disappoint all the Alan Moore fans out there: Paramount has decided to put their adaptation of Moore's "Watchmen" into turnaround, which basically means the property is now a free agent for the other studios to look over.... More...
March 17, 2005
Greengrass Sheds Some Light on "Watchmen"
Those lovable movie geeks over at CHUD.com sat down for a darn solid interview with director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Supremacy," "Bloody Sunday"). CHUD's Devin Faraci and the filmmaker discuss all sorts of stuff, but the focus here, of course, is Mr. Greengrass'... More...
January 28, 2005
"Watchmen" Starts Production
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November 22, 2004
Paul Greengrass to Direct The Watchmen
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