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'Bourne' Director to take on Watchmen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-fail-a-rorschach-test dept.

Here's one of those mixed blessing stories: Paul Greengrass, the director of the Bourne Supremacy has been tapped to direct a film based on The Watchmen, one of the greatest comics ever made. No word on if Paul plans to add Tom Sawyer to the cast.

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  1. "Based on" - DANGER WILL ROBINSON by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Informative

    The thing that worries me is the "based on" bit - just as "StarShip Troopers" was "based on" the book by Robert Heinlein - in that some of the character names were used, but that's about it.

    If Watchmen the movie is "based on" Watchmen the graphic novel in the same way, I suggest installing seat belts in all the theaters to prevent the audience from being pulled from their seats by the suction of the movie.

    If, on the other hand, this movie is a reasonably faithful rendition of the graphic novel... then count me in.

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