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NEWS ABOUT: Watchmen

Watchmen stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Alan Moore’s Watchmen was supposed to be unfilmable. But with the director’s cut hitting stores today, that pretty obviously wasn’t the case. Scott Thill lists some supposedly unfilmable geek bibles for Wired:
  • Sandman: “It’s not film-shaped,” says creator Neil Gaiman. “
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film • Neil Gaiman • graphic novel • movies • comic books • Watchmen • Thomas Pynchon

 Please Stop Covering 
 'Hallelujah': Leonard Cohen 

After 181 recorded versions, singer-songwriter thinks its time for a break

Jul 10, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonard Cohen is tired of people covering “Hallelujah.” “I was reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it, and the reviewer said, ‘Can we please have a moratorium on ‘Hallelujah’ in movies and television shows?’ and I kind of feel the same... More »

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music • song • Leonard Cohen • Scrubs • The West Wing • cover song • Watchmen

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Monsters vs. Aliens 
 Wins Box Office Showdown 


Mar 29, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Monsters vs. Aliens battled its way to the top this weekend, grossing $58.2 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. A staggering $32.6 million of that total was from 3-D showings, helping the family flick best Watchmen as the year’s top opener. The Haunting in Connecticut scared up $23 million... More »

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film • box office • movies • 3-D • Watchmen • Duplicity

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Knowing Thinks 
 Big at Box Office 


Mar 22, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Knowing knew what audiences wanted this weekend and grasped top spot with a $24.8 million haul, the Hollywood Reporter says. Buddy flick I Love You, Man bromanced to second with $18 million, while Duplicity made off with $14.4 million in third. Holdovers Race to Witch Mountain ($13 million)... More »

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film • box office • Watchmen • Duplicity

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Witch Mountain 
 Wins Weekend 

Watchmen drops to second, Last House comes third

Mar 15, 09 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Race to Witch Mountain sped to the box office summit this weekend by banking $25 million, Entertainment Weekly reports. Last week’s big earner, Watchmen, dropped to second with $18.1 million, while upstart The Last House on the Left scared up $14.7 million in third. Taken ($6.7... More »

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film • box office • Watchmen • Taken

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Watchmen Sees 
 Tepid Weekend Win 

Blockbuster doesn't live up to opening-weekend projections

Mar 8, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who watches the Watchmen? Too few moviegoers to live up to box-office projections, says the Hollywood Reporter. The much-hyped flick earned only $55.7 million this weekend as Madea Goes to Jail locked in $8.8 million, Taken took $7.5 million, and Slumdog Millionaire kept riding its Oscar wave... More »

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film • box office • Slumdog Millionaire • Watchmen • Taken

ANALYSIS

Warner Bros. Watches Watchmen to Gauge Health


Mar 6, 09 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Warner Brothers restructured last year to focus on producing blockbusters like The Dark Knight, and now the studio is waiting to see if the move pays off with Watchmen, the Financial Times reports. Warner can finance a slew of films with profits from one “tent pole” movie. “The... More »

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Hollywood • Time Warner • The Dark Knight • Jeff Bewkes • movies • blockbusters • Alan Horn • Watchmen • Warner Bros • tent pole movie

NEW RELEASE


 Watchmen Just Watchable 

Film 'bites off more than it can chew'

Mar 5, 09 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The task of putting graphic-novel classic Watchmen onscreen may be more than any filmmaker can handle, critics say—though director Zack Snyder did win over Roger Ebert. Some impressions:
  • "Stumbles and sometimes falls on its top-heavy ambitions. But there are also flashes of visual brilliance and performances that
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film • superhero • movie review • graphic novel • movies • Watchmen

(Newser) - Patrick Wilson has had many brushes with fame, but it’s fairly certain his role in the hotly anticipated Watchmen will finally make walking down the street a chore, New York reports. He’s done studio films before (remember The Alamo?), won praise for his role in Little Children, even... More »

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film • superhero • actor • movies • Watchmen • Patrick Wilson • fame

 'Geeks Have Won': 
 Hollywood Gaga Over Comics 

Big screen adaptations bring fame to writers

Mar 2, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Comic books—trendy? All of a sudden they are, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The geeks have won,” says Ed Brubaker, one of the many comic-book creators who now finds himself a celebrity. Brubaker’s Angel of Death premieres online today as a live-action series, but he’s... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • The Dark Knight • comics • movies • Iron Man • films • comic books • Watchmen

 Studios Call Off Watchmen War 

Long-awaited comic adaptation to hit theaters after Fox, Warners settle

Jan 16, 09 1:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Audiences will be able to watch Watchmen as scheduled now that Warner Bros and Fox smoothed out a super hero dispute, E! Online reports. Fox, which sued Warners for copyright infringement over the DC Comics film adaptation, has agreed to relinquish distribution rights for a cash payment and a... More »

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superhero • Fox • DC Comics • Warner Brothers • movie rights • movies • 20th Century Fox • Watchmen

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