I know a tun-and-a-half nerds that are fretting if the Watchman movie will stay true to the actual comic. After seeing this I would hope most of you can settle the hell down, ’cause this looks pretty spot-on if you ask me.
And if you don’t know who or what the Watchman is, you suck. Well at the very least you’re uneducated in what is arguably one of the most important comics in history… really, it’s true. So to help school you here’s the general plot of the film:
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?
“Werewolf Women of the SS is back! This time it’s back as a comic book series! The wacky exploits of Commandant Hess, Lt. Boorman, Von Strasser Eva and Gretchen Krupp, Fu Manchu and even Hiltler will be coming you way. Everything you ever wanted to know about Project Pure Wolf but were afraid to ask!”
To me this makes the most sence for this project. I’m kind of excited to see who Zombie brings to the table to make this happen. My guess is that he’ll have artist David Hartman illustrate it.
This is a 47-minute documentary about Jean Giraud (AKA “Moebius”). There’s a tun of artists and publishers interviewed including Stan Lee, Giger and Mike Mignola, all singing their praises of the ‘Pope’ of comics. Which Moebius is.
As if this day can’t get any better, what with the big announcement about Metropolis and all, we now hear that our favorite comic book ever, The Goon by Eric Powell, has been optioned to be made into a move by none other that director David Fincher (Zodiac and Fight Club)! And it gets better. Academy-Award nominated Blur Studio will be developing the film!
If you are unfamiliar with The Goon, a masterpiece of zombies and slapstick Lovecraftian humor set in some old-timey world, I highly suggest you walk into your local comicbook store and demand it. You’ll thank us for it.
MTV’s Movieblog released a clip of one of the most anticipated characters from Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Johann Krauss, the powerful psychic whose soul is forced to reside within a protective suit. Why is this character getting fans all a flitter? Because he is voiced by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy and the voice behind many of its characters.
Granted this clip only gives you a tinny taste of what MacFarlane’s talents will be adding to the film, but being that Hellboy is filled with humor along with all the monsters and goo, I’m pretty sure it’ll be a really good fit into the mythos.
Here’s a look-see at a movie poster standee someone captured at some theater for the upcoming movie Watchman, based on the comic of the same name that comic nerds seemed to think could never be made into a movie. Hey comic nerds… you were wrong. But that isn’t to say that Hollywood won’t screw it up. I personally have hope though. 300 director Zack Snyder seems to be a perfect fit for the somewhat psychedelic superhero story.
This mashup video of William Shatner’s version of Pulp’s Common People and clips of the Star Trek Animated series has been making the rounds on the Internets, as far be it for ZMP not to follow the crowd.
Here’s the official trailer for the upcoming animated movie Batman Gotham Knight, a straight to DVD film in the same realm as The Animatrix.
The list of writers and directors is like a whose-who of asskickery.
The writers:
David Goyer (BLADE, BATMAN BEGINS)
Greg Rucka (upcoming WHITEOUT)
Josh Olson (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE)
Jordan Goldberg (Associate Producer on THE PRESTIGE)
Alan Burnett (BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM)
Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, comic series by Vertigo)
The directors:
Yasuhiro Aoki (TWEENY WITCHES)
Futoshi Higashide (AIR)
Toshiyuki Kubooka (NADIA OF THE MYSTERIOUS SEAS)
Hiroshi Morioka (TSUBASA CHRONICLE)
Shoujirou Nishimi (TEKON KINKURITO)
Artist Gideon Boomer is drawing a new Wolverine just about every day, though he’s not too sure as to why he’s doing it. But hell, we don’t care why. His imagery of the adamantium clawed freak is at times stunning, other times out right funny as hell.
Boomer uses a lot of different mediums, from pen and ink to digital paint. Each producing a very unique Wolverine to say the least.
Boomer’s The Wolverine Daily has only been around since March and already he has quite the gallery of Wolverine renditions. We highly recommend you check it out.
Zack Snyder, director of the upcoming film adaptation of the comic cult classic Watchman is having a contest - create an advertisement for a fake product. If it wins he’ll plaster it somewhere in the movie. Users of YouTube will be asked to help narrow down the submissions. Up to 20 fictitious commercials could make it in the film, those winners caching in on $1000.00 each.
Rob Zombie’s faux trailer Werewolf Women of The S.S., featured in the movie Grindhouse, is coming to a comic store near you.
Artist Gideon Boomer is drawing a new Wolverine just about every day, though he’s not too sure as to why he’s doing it. But hell, we don’t care why. His imagery of the adamantium clawed freak is at times stunning, other times out right funny as hell.
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