Comic-Con: 'Watchmen' Director Zack Snyder Talks To Us About Staying True To The Comic Book |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 6:01 am |
| Tags: 300, watchmen, zack snyder, zacksnyder |
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Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicConProbably the most influential comic book to come out of the last 20 years is Alan Moore's Watchmen. It was one of the first series to ever really explore the characters behind the masks, a trend which is now a mainstay of current comic books. In 2005, TIME Magazine named it one of the 100 best English-language novels to come out since 1923, a pretty stellar feat for a comic book. It's often been considered, alongside Neil Gaiman's Sandman series to be the holy grail of the comic book realm, and as such has had a troubled history coming to the big screen.Hopefully, Zack Snyder in the director's seat will put that history to rest, as he is approaching the project with an almost fanboy-like obsession to detail, which is just what this project demands. He even contacted Dave Gibbons, artist on the original series, and he created the teaser poster you see Zack posing with in the photo above. [ Full article ] |
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