Who watches the Watchmen? Not Paramount

[sigma7]

Paramount has pulled the plug on its proposed film version of Watchmen, Alan Moore's celebrated superhero graphic novel, Variety reported. Producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin were taking the project, with British director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy) attached, out to other studios, the trade paper reported.

Comments

[opheliasclone.livejournal.com]

I'm not against the idea of a Watchmen movie. But I'm pretty confident that the world would be better off waiting for further advances in computerized special effects. This isn't a movie that needs to come out any particular time.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Well, if they're going to make it, I'd really rather they made this script -- its ending isn't exactly like the book, but it doesn't cop out, either. As a matter of fact, it might be a distinct improvement given the text-to-screen adaptation. (Hint: no mutant squid.)