Let's say by some feat of luck, skill, or thievery, you somehow got your hands on the script for the much-anticipated "Watchmen" -- you still wouldn't know everything they filmed, Patrick Wilson ("Nite Owl") tells us -- because Zack Snyder and company squeezed in "lots of little things," both as extra lines not on the page and as visuals not directly related to the scene, that they expect only hard-core fans will notice or appreciate. That is, if it all makes it in.
"Zack tried to put everything he could in," Wilson said, "and he left it to the studio to cut it and tell him what he can't fit in. For the script we started with, every scene has something different than what's on the page. That’s the fun of it, building it as you go."
For instance, in the Owl Chamber - the Nite Owl's equivalent of the Batcave ("the comparisons to Batman are perfect and right on, because no one is trying to say that they're all that different, it's all done on purpose," Wilson smiled) -- there is a picture of the Twilight Lady, a costumed female supervillain, dressed in leather, holding a riding crop. "That's a character thing," Wilson said. "We don't have a scene about her, we don't talk about her, but at least we have the picture of her." Read More...
If I had a nickel for every "Watchmen" blog post I've written in the last few days, I'd...well I still wouldn't be nearly as well off as Adrien Veidt (aka Ozymandias) would I? But here it is at last, the actual confirmed cast of Zack Snyder's "Watchmen."
As the final days on his current film wind down, fast-rising actor Patrick Wilson has become known as a nice guy, a solid thespian, and a consummate professional. And he's also being called one other thing around the set: The Nite-Owl.
Batman keeps getting new gadgets, Indy keeps getting new friends, and Owen Wilson keeps working with Ben Stiller. That and more in our links of the day. 
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Who Will Watch The 'Watchmen'? I Will
Posted 7/23/07 11:45 am EST by Josh Horowitz in Commentary
Zack Snyder on board to direct? Great! Tom Cruise is Ozymandias? Yes! Tom passes? No! Keanu is Dr. Manhattan! Yes! Keanu doesn't want to be Dr. Manhattan! No! Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach? Um, I guess that's right but I dunno. Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl? Didn't Nite Owl have a potbelly and nerdy glasses? Hmm.
But now, there's word of casting I can truly support and it might surprise you. According to various reports, Matthew Goode is Ozymandias. Read More...
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