Originally Posted by Reservoir Drought
I believe it can be done I just don't know if it'll be done well. Again, as I've said before the sucess of V for Vendetta gives me hope that this project 1. Will get under way and 2. Will be done well.
So many people are saying that because of the likes of
V for Vendetta and
Sin City (and
300, it seems), that this project or that project will be done well.
As I said, if the early pre-production and production stuff on
300 is any indication of the final product, I'm sure we'll have an excellent film. For THAT reason, I'm somewhat confident that Zack Snyder will know what he's doing with
Watchmen. And the project is MUCH better off with Warner Bros. than with Paramount.
But to think that just because the Wachowskis or Robert Rodriguez make an accurate, enjoyable film doesn't necessarily mean
Watchmen will be. There's just too much that can go wrong: too many people who don't understand how best to adapt it, too many studio execs who could curtail the production into an explosion-fest...
I'm just afraid that
Watchmen doesn't have enough clout in Hollywood to command the respect and attention it deserves, and I'm afraid Snyder isn't a big enough personality to secure the control he'd need. I mean, Robert Rodriguez used his own studio to film
Sin City. The Wachowskis, being the
Matrix legends that they are, pretty much did whatever they wanted with
V for Vendetta. Would Zack Snyder really have that sort of comfort at Warner Bros? (I guess the box office earnings for
300 will answer that question next year.)
EDIT:
See, I disagree with this quote from that AICN article:
...because I know how important this book is to so many of you. Zack Snyder said the same thing about it to me, talking about the responsibility of bringing something like WATCHMEN to life. “If I screw up 300, that would be heartbreaking, but ultimately, it’s not as well known a property. If you get WATCHMEN wrong... well...”
Right now, I'd say
300 is the bigger Hollywood property.
Sin City was much more well-received, and more identifiable, than
V for Vendetta (not to mention, it enjoyed the "first strike" effect of the second batch of good comic book films). Comic book fans certainly hold
Watchmen higher, but I'm thinking
300 would need much less promotion. People know Frank Miller now, and once they see
300 coming, they're going to go nuts about it. I doubt
Watchmen will have that kind of steam. I mean, if you're Zack Snyder, how do you even make it clear in a 2-minute trailer what
Watchmen is about?
Plus, I think it's safe to say that if he screws up
300, he'll have also screwed up much of
Watchmen's chance for success (or even a fair shot). He'll certainly have dealt a blow to his credibility with the fans.
Originally Posted by Reservoir Drought
My one hope and I know this may never happen is for Alan Moore to be on the project.
That sounds good in theory, but I'm wondering if the guy isn't just better off staying out of it. I'm guessing he'd be very unforgiving to work with.
Originally Posted by Reservoir Drought
Anyways, is David Hayter working on the Drafts or is he completely out right now.
I'm guessing Hayter has moved on, and someone else is busy revising his drafts for production. Remember, he was attached to the project when Darren Aronofsky was slated to direct (which was quite a while ago).