Jude Law wants to be in Watchmen!

[andrewducker]

Jude Law told the Empire Online Web site that he is interested in playing Ozymandias in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming film version of Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen. Law told the site that he is an avid comic-book collector. "I still go to comic shops, Forbidden Planet, and look through back issues of the ones I love," he said. "I was a big fan of Johnny Nemo and Strange Days, Parallax, you know those? But I haven't gotten into anything recently, not like I did with [Moore's] From Hell and Watchmen."

In Watchmen, Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias, is a former superhero and the smartest and richest man in the world. When informed of Aronofsky's film, Law reportedly said, "Darren Aronofsky? I'm on the phone now! Adrian Veidt, king of kings!" And then, as if to show off his Watchmen fanboy credentials, he whispered conspiratorially, "I'm tattooed with Rorschach, did you know that?" Empire reported.

Watchmen is considered one of the greatest comic books of all time. X-Men screenwriter David Hayter wrote the script for Watchmen, the site reported. Filming is tentatively scheduled for late 2005, allowing Aronofsky time to finish The Fountain, his SF epic starring Hugh Jackman.

Comments

[jerrykaufman.livejournal.com]

Go ahead, destroy Manhattan! The Day After Tomorrow did so, and I think it performed acceptably at the box office. (I haven't seen it yet, so won't comment on any "artistic" merits.)

[mb2u]

I think there's a difference here. In The Day After Tomorrow, it's a natural disaster (predicated on man's actions but still...); in Watchmen, it's the act of one man's planning and desire to cause havoc.

Remember when just after 9-11 producers were urged to cut out references to the WTC? There was, and is, a certain sensativity to the percieved destruction of NYC because of what happened that day. I think it's being overly PC, but I am a realist and know that people in this country sometimes are not very rational.