Watchmen Set Visit, Interviews

Soon coming at you live. 

No, not by me, alas–ComingSoon has a big write up of their 2007 set visit, and interviews with a number of the film’s stars, including Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, and Patrick Wilson. Read it here.

A quote from director Zack Snyder to give you a hint of what’s in there:

“It follows the structure of the comic very closely. When we flip through and try to find where we are, it’s easy to do. There are some changes we had to make to make this a movie. It’s not fat that needed to be trimmed, I mean, if we filmed every scene, this would be a five hour movie - not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s not practical. I always say, the movie’s job is not to replace the book. I would hope people see the movie then go buy the book.”

And when asked if there are comic books in the movie? Snyder’s response:

“Comic books don’t exist because there are real superheroes. In the comic book store there are all pirate comics. We couldn’t get the use of Superman issue #1 to use in the movie,” he says incredulously. A shocking bit of trivia considering the powers-that-be behind this adaptation. “I wanted to make a comment in the film about that Golden Age. You’ll have to look for it in the movie, because there’s a quick flash of Hollis [Mason, the first Nite Owl] on his first day on the street and I wanted to do a shot of a Superman #1 [poster] in an alley and, as he comments in [the tell-all book in the film] ‘Under the Hood,’ I want to do that. I feel that’s important to reference Golden Age heroes, they’ve influenced so much. And based on the images we’re working on, there’s a lot to comment on in the Golden Age that gets you to this point. Not a lot of young movie goers know this wasn’t just an invention of the ’80s. Batman didn’t just show up with Tim Burton making a film.”

Anyway, get yourself ready for the film’s much anticipated debut with all the info, again, here.