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Zack Snyder to direct 'Illustrated'

Warner Bros. has tattooed Zack Snyder's name on its redo of "The Illustrated Man." The helmer, busy prepping "Watchmen" for the studio, is attached to direct and produce the remake based on Ray Bradbury's collection of short stories by the same name. "Watchmen" scribe Alex Tse will tackle the screenplay. The collection, first published in 1951, is narrated by a mysterious man with living tattoos that predict the future. Rod Steiger starred in the title role for the 1969 bigscreen adaptation, distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts; Claire Bloom co-starred. Di Novi Pictures and Snyder's shingle, Cruel and Unusual Films, are producing the remake. Denise Di Novi, and Deborah Snyder, the helmer's wife and producing partner, are also producing, along with Frank Darabont. Cruel and Unusual's Wesley Coller and Di Novi's Alison Greenspan are exec producing. [More]

Zack Snyder At Comic-Con: We Join An Epic Director For An Epic Day

By Larry Carroll: SAN DIEGO — One year ago, "Dawn of the Dead" director Zack Snyder walked the halls of Comic-Con unnoticed, telling anyone who'd listen that his weird little flick "300" would be something worth watching. Late last month, the tattooed, affable auteur returned to San Diego much like King Leonidas — a revered hero whose box-office triumph has led to the glorious snagging of "Watchmen," the Con's most beloved graphic novel, as his next project. In just 12 months, Snyder has gone from another behind-the-camera wannabe to the most promising director in Hollywood with only two films in his catalog. His humor recalls Tarantino, his style is downright Kubrick-ian, and his rare ability to appease the commercial aspects of filmmaking is reminiscent of a young Spielberg. [More]

Win a super rare signed 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite and 300 HD DVD!

From engadget.com: We've given away any number of Xbox 360s on Engadget in the past, but never one with the level of awesome turned up to 11 (or, in this case, 300). Today we're giving away one of just 20 super rare Xbox 360 Elite consoles printed with blood designs from 300 -- but rarer still since it's friggin' signed by Frank Miller and Zack Snyder. The details of what the winner takes:

• 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite (120GB drive, wireless controller, etc.)
  
• Console is signed by 300 creator and comic legend Frank Miller, as well as Zack Snyder, director of the eponymous film
  
• 300 combo DVD / HD DVD (which is, incidentally, out today) to go right along with it.

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Zack Snyder presents 'Watchmen' at Comic-Con

Didn't make it out to comic-con to hear what Zack Snyder had to say about 'Watchmen'? No worries. Just watch Comics2Film's complete video of the event. [More]

Comic-Con Footage

From grrrace.vox.com: Steve took quite a bit of footage of the panels at the con. If you're interested, click this link to watch zack snyder present the info on the Watchmen movie. Stay tuned... there will be more stuff to watch soon! :) [More]

SDCC 07: Zack Snyder Interview

From IGN: August 1, 2007 - On Friday, July 27, 2007, Zack Snyder spoke to Comic-Con attendees about his forthcoming adaptation of the Alan Moore comic book Watchmen. Following his presentation at the Warner Brothers panel, Snyder spoke to a handful of journalists about his progress on the film, indicating that he wants the film to function in a world conscious not only of political realities, but cinematic ones as well. [More]

Snyder talks Watchmen production

From Rope of Silicon (via filmstalker.co.uk) Zack Snyder has been talking some about his work on Watchmen and where they are so far. He sounds very positive about it all, although the previous talk that nothing would be changed seems to be slipping slightly.

Now before I go on I'm expecting things to change. Despite his word that the setting and such would remain the same, there's no way it could be identical. After all if it is then where's the uniqueness, where are the surprises, where's the suspense? Are only new fans going to find it that exciting and the other Watchmen fans will view it thinking how wonderfully each frame has made it to the screen? [More]

Zack Snyder and Quint have a brief conversation about WATCHMEN! Pirate storyline! Rorschach! More!!!!

From AICN: Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I was one of the select few who was granted a one on one interview with Zack Snyder. I think Devin from CHUD snagged one as well, but one of the concessions of doing a 1:1 instead of a roundtable interview was that I only had about 5 minutes. Luckily for me, Snyder’s excited about this project and loves to talk, so I was able to squeeze out a few more minutes with a little conversational final question. Enjoy and look out for the sound-o-text links!!! [More]

Zack Snyder's "300" on DVD Today

Zack Snyder's "300" is out on DVD today, pick it up for a great thrill ride of a movie.

300 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)

300 [Blu-ray]

300 (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

300 (Widescreen Single Disc Edition)

300 (Full Screen Single Disc Edition)

Zach Snyder Interview

From www.moviesonline.ca: We had a chance to catchup with Zach Snyder during a press junket at Comic Con and listen to him talk about The Watchmen. On top of that we now have the audio for you all to listen to the entire interview below. After a whole lot of speculation and really wrong casting announcements a cast has been finally announced for the film The WatchMen. The Watchmen film begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives, but what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story - the story of The Watchmen. [More]

Sally Jupiter Cast in Watchmen?

From superherohype.com: Latino Review's chronic scooper 'El Mayimbe' reports that actress Malin Akerman of Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and many upcoming movies including The Invasion and The Heartbreak Kid has landed the plum role of Sally Jupiter aka The Silk Spectre in Zack (300) Snyder's take on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's Watchmen. She plays the former crimefighter who lives with the powerful entity Dr. Manhattan (to be played by Billy Crudup).


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New Watchmen Synopsis

From superherohype.com (via ComingSoon.net): ComingSoon has posted Warner Bros. Pictures' new synopsis for the Watchmen movie, to be directed by Zack Snyder. It goes like this...

"Watchmen" 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?"

‘Superbad’ Star Jonah Hill Nixes ‘Watchmen’ Rumors

From MTV Moviesblog: The hottest Hollywood casting buzz these days is surrounding “Watchmen,” the highly-anticipated graphic novel adaptation that will reportedly star Jude Law, Keanu Reeves, Patrick Wilson, Gerard Butler and…”Knocked Up” rising star Jonah Hill? Well, you can scratch that last one. In his first public comments on the casting rumors, the affable funnyman told us that he’s never even been approached about the big-budget project. “This is like an Internet thing supposedly; I mean, it’s all hearsay,” said the star, whose so-funny-it-shouldn’t-be-legal flick “Superbad” opens August 17th. “I haven’t heard anything about it. People have sent me articles about it, saying that I’m going to be in ‘Watchmen’…whatever.” Watch Hill respond in the video below, or read his comments after the jump. [More]