The thought of a sequel to the feature adaptation of last year’s Watchmen makes my head hurt, but that’s not stopping the boardroom brass over at DC Comics from making it happen. According to Bleeding Cool, Watchmen 2 could be on the horizon and there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it.
After weeks of drudging through lame horror movies and other early-year fare, we’re finally treated to some DVD releases we actually WANT to buy. Those include Watchmen and Coraline, two visual stunners and hits in their own right.
Of course, we still have loads of TV on DVD to roll out, plus the three worst DVDs of the week! Check it all out below…
Last month we told you that the extended Director’s Cut of Zack Snyder‘s Watchmen would be showing in select movie theaters (read Snyder 300 and Watchmen story). Well it is the week before Comic-Con, and as promised the theaters have been confirmed in four major cities: Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York City.
Check out the theaters after the jump…
Some of you thought that Watchmen couldn’t be any longer, well guess what, you haven’t seen the half of it. Zach Snyder will be releasing his Directors cut of them film on DVD and Blu-Ray with a hell of a lot of special features including many deleted scenes. Below is one of said scenes which gives us more background on the death of the original Nite Owl, Hollis Mason (Stephen McHattie) as well as more about he and Sally Jupiter’s (Carla Gugino) relationship.
I can see why this was cut, and would have been happy with it staying that way. The scene starts with a shot of the Tales of the Black Freighter comic book and some “Knot Tops” mocking the “comic-book guy.” I can see why Snyder would have got a kick out of filming this and audiences would have enjoyed it. That being said, everything after this moment goes downhill fast. The “Knot Tops” painfully deliver some unnecessary exposition before running off to track down and kill Mason and then we get even more unecessary dialogue between Mason and Jupiter.
Check out the clip below…
Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder confirmed that he will be showing the Watchmen Director’s Cut in select movie theaters next month. The movie will show in theaters the weekend before the Comic-Con in Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and New York. Each city will only have one theater showing the movie, so keep an eye for updates on where to do. Exited yet you comic book fanatics? There’s more.
If you happen to own Watchmen on Blu-ray, then you’re in for a one-of-a-kind treat: From the comfort of your own home, you’ll be able to watch and have an interactive experience by asking questions through your Blu-ray players. Just in case you don’t own Watchmen or 300 on Blu-ray, know that it is filled with infinite options. If you would like to only watch the films, you can do that, but if you’re hungry for more, there’s behind the scenes features and how the movies were made. If you’re a fan, then the Blu-ray discs are definitely for you.
But the Snyder hype doesn’t stop there, Snyder also mentioned the possibility of a sequel to 300. Check out what he had to say ComingSoon.net below:
An unfortunate event occurred at a night time screening of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. According to KMTR movie patrons in an Oregon theater got more than they bargained for when an unidentified male shot himself during the film. Police say the shooting occurred just after midnight at the Regal Cinema in Eugene. There were about 10 people present at the time, when a 24 year-old male decided to take his life.
It seems like Dr. Manhattan’s penis is getting more attention that almost anything else in the Watchmen movie (vote in our penis poll and let us know whether or not you found “it” distracting). So I guess it only makes sense that they would make a game featuring his penis.
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Since the record breaking opening of The Dark Knight last July, there has been an invisible line drawn in the sand that separates the darker comic book movies from the lighter fare. For the past ten years studios have been shooting out comic based movies for the sole purpose of tapping into their lucrative fanboy audience. Films such as Spiderman, Fantastic Four, and X-Men all spawned sequels and big payday’s, but the films quality suffered as the franchises progressed.In the case of TDK, Christopher Nolan’s Batman series continued to get better by sticking close to it’s source material, and concentrating more on story than gimmicks.
Watchmen star Malin Akerman goes from a big budget heroine to an indie darling with her latest project, The Bang Bang Club. According to Variety, the actress will co-star with Ryan Phillippe in the upcoming drama set in “apartheid-era” South Africa. The film’s script was written by documentary filmmaker Steven Silver, who adapted the story from the Greg Marinovich memoir.
The film follows four combat war photographers who are nicknamed the Bang Bang Club. Akerman will play a photo editor, who oversees Marinovich (Phillippe), and Kevin Carter played by another comic book alum Taylor Kitsch. The film will be produced by Foundry Films’ Daniel Iron alongside Out of Africa’s Lance Samuels and Adam Friedlander. Continue Reading
