- Alan Moore speaks to Wired about his antipathy for the Watchmen movie, this time adding antipathy for the superhero genre in general. It's been hard to refute any of Moore's arguments, particularly those the entertainment industry usually doesn't make (that spending $100 million on a film is pretty outrageous), but it's also sad that Zack Snyder and his crew have been so dedicated to doing right by his work and he still says "I'll be spitting venom on it." Sigh. He has some great thoughts on the advantages of comics as a form though, in relation to film and particularly CGI, which he feels is erasing our ability to imagine.
- on that note, CHUD's Devin Faraci and Hitfix's Drew McWeeny (formerly the invaluable Moriarty of AICN) review Watchmen. I'd link to negative reviews for balance, but the only official one yet released is from British tabloid rag News of the World. These guys are fans, but realistic ones, and they're ringing endorsements are very encouraging.
- lone holdout Michael Cera may well be signing on to the Arrested Development film, reports the reliable Kristin of E Online. I imagine the right offer was made at last... She also says that Ron Howard is directing, which goes against initial reports that creator Mitchell Hurwitz would be helming as his directorial debut. It's off-hand so may be a mistake, as I can't imagine Howard spending all that time on a small-budgeted TV adaptation, even if he loves it, especially since he never directed any of the episodes. We'll see....
- Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) will direct The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen and former director of the film Stephen Chow. Although Gondry hasn't managed a slam-dunk follow-up to Eternal Sunshine, he's a highly interesting director and Gondry directing a pseudo-superhero Seth Rogen film is a wonderfully deranged prospect.
- occasionally movie deals are announced that strip any remaining illusions you may have had about creative integrity in Hollywood: Gore Verbinski will direct a film version of Clue (aka Cluedo). Not only is it a film based on a board game, it is the SECOND film based on said board game. This comes a few months after the news that Ridley Scott was developing a Monopoly film. You couldn't make this stuff up. I've been underestimating the sheer power of brand recognition...
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