Movie Rocker Report

Released in 1988 the origins of Joker’s psychotic nature were revealed in the graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke. The Dark Knight’s greatest enemy was brought to us by Alan Moore (Watchmen & V for Vendetta).

The second installment of an ongoing series of video journals from the set of next year's comic book adaptation, 'Watchmen.' The movie is based on the classic novel by Alan Moore and will be directed by Zack Snyder, who blew the doors off 2007 with '300.'

Promo shots for the 2009 film based on Alan Moore's revolutionary graphic novel Watchmen...

Images of the main characters from the adaptation of Alan Moore's "Watchmen"

I’ve always been worried about whether this could even be made into a 2-hour movie, and I’ve expressed plenty of concern about the man in charge, but from the looks of things, the visual sense will be top-notch. Zack Snyder (”300″) has posted the first pictures of 5 major characters from the movie adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel.

Upcoming blockbuster directed by Zack Snyder (300), here's the characters in action, based on the Alan Moore graphic novel.

Two things that don't historically go well: adaptations of Alan Moore's work, and Zack Snyder movies, full stop. Yet for some deeply perverse reason, there's something kind of awesome about these pictures from the new Watchmen movie...

With the recent lawsuit regarding the adaptation of Alan Moore's Watchmen, the entire history of movies based on Moore's graphic novels including From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Constantine, and V For Vendetta is detailed. With Moore taking his name off movies, bad reviews, and lawsuits - it hasn't been pretty.

Even those of us who've had it up to here with the rash of comic book adaptations have to be excited about the pairing of '300' director Zack Snyder with the classic Alan Moore graphic novel, 'Watchmen.' After all, it made the Time Magazine list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th Century, and it's been dying for a movie version for years.

After months and months of people not in the know asking me "Is Keanu Reeves in Watchmen?", Fox has finally realized their upcoming film "The Night Watchman" posed a marketing challenge which was sure to create confusion in consumers, especially with buzz growing for the WB/Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore’s epic superhero tale "Watchmen"