Darren Aronofsky - who at one time was planning to do "Batman : Year-One" for Warner before the sizzle was let out of the sausage - is finally set to make a comic-book movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Requiem for a Dream" director is definitely going to be helming a film version of Alan Moore's seminal DC Comics title "Watchmen", which has landed at Paramount Pictures.
According to the trade, Aronofsky's producing partner Eric Watson will produce with Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin.
"Watchmen," created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, was released as a 12-issue comic book in 1986 and is one of the most critically acclaimed series in the genre. The comic is credited for redefining the superhero genre and is often referred to as the "War and Peace" of comic books. It is a crime-conspiracy story that provided the first realistic look at the behind-the-heroics lives of superhero archetypes.
No word on a start date yet.
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