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Watchmen Aint Dead Yet!
Posted by Todd Brown at 7:49am.
Posted in Film News , Sci-Fi & Fantasy, USA & Canada.
Good news on the Watchmen front ... it looked as though the film was dead when Paramount pulled the plug deep into the pre-production process but The Hollywood Reporter has got word that the film has found a new home at Warner Brothers with the original producers - but not director Paul Greengrass - still attached.
Hmm. Warners. The studio releasing Aronofsky’s The Fountain, and being hugely supportive of the man’s unusual vision. Aronofsky being the original director attached to helm The Watchmen and pulled from the project when Paramount didn’t want to wait for him to finish with The Fountain. Everybody see where I’m going with this?
[Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
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Caterpillar 12/19/2005 @ 8:49am
Dude, Warners were NOT hugely supportive of Aronofsky’s FOUNTAIN. In fact, they pulled the plug literally days before filming started. Then, two years later, they finally allowed him to make a version of the film that cost less than half as much as originally planned. In short, they messed with the guy in every possible way.
Todd Brown 12/19/2005 @ 8:58am
Check your facts, there, Caterpillar. The Fountain fell apart initially because Brad Pitt walked out on the production less than a week before shooting was slated to start. It wasn’t Warner’s doing, it was Pitt’s. The fact that Warner’s held on to the property at all after that tells you that it’s a film they wanted to get made and if you read anything Aronofsky has said about the film since it’s gotten under way he is constantly talking about how good they’ve been to him, how much space they’re giving him to make it his way and not pressuring him in terms of dates or to tweak things to make it more marketable. They’re treating him right.
Edweird 12/19/2005 @ 11:43am
What really matters here is that Watchmen is unfilmable. The only way I can see this being done right is through a three day, two hour (1 1/2 hr) each episode, miniseries on cable. HBO should be doing this, not Warners.
I’m still wary of V as well.
fiskofury 12/19/2005 @ 2:41pm
I agree with Edweird here… and will go one step more. The film WILL NEVER do the comic justice. Some things are perfect as they are. In this instance, keep it as it is. I can only imagin what the “marketing” would be like.... YUCK!!!!
rorschach selling Cheeze Nips and a Dr. Manhattan Nascar.... Oh God The Horror....
David Gentle 12/20/2005 @ 6:26pm
I’d say a 12 part series would be the better option. But just don’t see the film(s) if you think you’ll hate them. Going to see it just to find out if it’s any good just encourages the Hollywood types to make more.