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Fans of the stuff are masonically loyal, prickling with a defensiveness and an ardor that not even Wagnerians can match. For every masterwork, such as “Persepolis” or “Maus,” there seem to be shelves of cod mythology and rainy dystopias, patrolled by rock-jawed heroes and their melon-breasted sidekicks.

The world of the graphic novel is a curious one. Manhattan and Rorschach in Zack Snyder’s movie. As with most of these forgotten relics of alternate Hollywood, Hayter departed Watchmen over creative differences.Dr. In another bit of Tinseltown trivia, he says that Stevenson only auditioned to play Rorschach after Daniel Craig 'bailed' on the part at the last minute. There’s no denying the Ser Jorah Mormont actor definitely would have been an interesting choice to play Nite Owl, but ironically, Glen would go on to play an aged Bruce Wayne in Titans.ĭetails are sparse, but further down the thread Hayter gushes that Stevenson would have also made an amazing Comedian. Score by the brilliant ⁦ David Hayter November 26, 2019Īs both the footage and Hayter confirm, he envisioned Iain Glen ( Game of Thrones) as Nite Owl and Ray Stevenson ( Volstagg in the MCU’s Thormovies) as Rorschach. Iain Glen as Nite Owl, Ray Stevenson as Rorschach. Here is the final, color corrected clip of the Watchmen test I directed in 2003. All conflict with Russia was replaced by references to Middle-East terrorism for a more modern take on the comics. Hayter’s Watchmen jumped to 2004 with Edward Blake, aka The Comedian, having fought in the last days of the Vietnam war and now behaving like a bloodthirsty brute in the Gulf Wars. In Hayter’s script, the main timeline and Vietnam War setting were shifted forward. However, Hayter’s iteration of the rag-tag team got further than most.

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Earlier concepts had included a script from Batman writer Sam Hamm, a movie with Terry Gilliam directing and an out-there idea that would’ve potentially seen Arnold Schwarzenegger strip off to play Doctor Manhattan. His writing credits on X-Men and X2 made him a prime candidate to take on the Watchmen. One of those directors, back in the early '00s, was David Hayter.

The creators have been so protective of the original story that Watchmen went through four studios, multiple directors and nearly 20 years before Snyder’s vision came to the big screen. Watchmen is hailed as one of the greatest graphic novels of all time, so it’s no surprise the source material comes with such high expectations. As 2019’s Watchmen fills the wake left by Game of Thrones, showrunner Damon Lindelof continues the acclaimed story Moore and Gibbons left behind in 1987.

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