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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. Re:Yes. Second greatest, in fact... by ronfar · · Score: 0, Troll
    The only problem is that movies that have a terrorist attacking the machinery of a fascist state aren't exactly easy to sell in today's political climate.

    Well, it's not as though we are living in a fascist state that is being attacked by terrorists... oh, wait.

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