Watchmen and 30 Days Of Night.

A few new tidbits about new movie properties has surfaced in the last couple days.

For years the Watchmen rights have floated around studios. Last year Paramount put the movie in turnaround and now Warner Bros. has picked it up, I am sure in part to the recent success of Batman Begins and the upcoming Superman Returns. Over the coarse of its run both Darren Aronofsky and Paul Greengrass have been attached to direct. Now with the move to Warner, they have snatched Zack Snyder to Direct. Zack has directed the Dawn Of The Dead remake and the upcoming 300 based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. The story was originally conceived by Alan Moore back in 1986 and has been the standard of graphic storytelling for years. Warner has also recently had major success with another Moore property, a little film called V For Vendetta. Years ago I would have hated to see this movie made because there would have been no way to really bring the story and characters to life. Now with the major advances in CGI and FX it is possible (just take a look at the scenes from X-Men 3 and others). If they stick to the story it should be an amazing last 20 minutes of a movie.

Another new movie property gathering steam is the adaptation of Steve Nile's 30 Days Of Night. This cool vampire story takes place in a small town in Alaska. The movie will be bankrolled by Sam Rami's Ghost House Pictures and they have named British director David Slade to helm. David 's newest movie Hard Candy will be released on April 7th and is being hailed as a great movie. The film will start shooting this summer in Alaska and New Zealand. No release date or actors have been announced.