May 26, 2012

On the Set: Zack Snyder’s The Watchmen

by Andrew Gnerre | Published December 13, 2007

Following the record-breaking success of his Spartan epic, 300, Zack Snyder has set out to adapt yet another graphic novel. This time, he is directing the adaptation of Watchmen, the Hugo Award-winning series with a developmental history almost as drawn out and damned as the War in Iraq. Snyder is just one of many directors who have been attached to the formerly doomed project—a list that includes acclaimed directors Terry Gilliam, Paul Greengrass and Darren Aronofsky. The biggest difference between these directors and Snyder? Snyder is actually making the movie. As proof of his progress in filming what the comic’s creator, Alan Moore, describes as a work that was “almost the exact opposite of cinematic,” MM has got a few of the first photos from Snyder’s New York City backlot--built in the heart of Vancouver, B.C. “In my opinion, the results speak for themselves,” says Snyder on the film’s Website.

BELOW: The graphic novel takes place in New York in an alternate 1985. In this New York, superheroes exist, the United States and the Soviet Union are inching closer and closer to a nuclear war and Richard Nixon is in his fifth term as president. As a result, the sets need to have the feel and aesthetics of New York, while also being accurate to the universe created by the comic.

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Comment by akbar on 12/23/07 at 1:41 pm: zack snyder and other 300 productors are very liar and cheater.we have a high culture in BASE RESPECT my women and SOLIDITY in VALUATION RELIGIOUS and SOCIAL.please send this message to zack snyder and other productor stupid.from an iranian