Wow, I have not being paying attention. Just noticed on Stewart Curry’s blog that there are stills from The Watchmen film doing the rounds. I’m quite excited because this film has been bandied about for as long as I remember, but now it looks like it’s actually going to be made! Check out the still here.

Check out the wikipedia Watchmen film page for some background, if you’re into that kind of thing, or read the wikipedia entry for the comic book if you haven’t a clue what I’m talking about at all.

Oh, and if you haven’t read Watchmen, you should do so immediately.

I am also quite excited about the fact that I don’t recognise many of the cast. I think that’s a really good thing, don’t ask me why exactly, but I think that big names could really ruin a movie like this. Of course, Alan Moore, the writer of ‘The Watchmen’ has been quoted as saying it’s unfilmable, and he’s probably right, but then adaptations are almost always disapointing to fans of the original, not to mind the creator.

Will they be able to pull it off? Who knows, probably not, but I am going ot enjoy seeing Rorschach on the big screen.

The Watchmen should be coming out in 2009.