Movies based on comic books have now just begun to really hit their stride, some being more spectacular than others. On November 4th the long awaited
V for Vendetta will premiere on the big screen. Looks like they are wrapping up post production now. The Wachowski brothers are adapting this Alan Moore piece. It stars Natalie Portman (you may have seen recent pictures of her with a shaved head done for the movie) and was going to star James Purejoy in the lead role, but that fell through and Hugo Weaving stepped in to make it his own. Let's hope they do it right... Just the other day they unveiled the official movie poster:
The film version of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Watchmen apparently is in Paramount Studio limbo. Rumors of select role casting came out with John Cusak as Nite-Owl, Sigourney Weaver as Silk Spectre and David Craig as Rorschach. Cross your fingers on this one folks...
If you haven't read either of the aforementioned graphic novels, you now have about five months to do so with
V for Vendetta before it hits the theaters. I would highly recommend it as well as reading
Watchmen. These two graphic novels propelled the graphic format into the literary world. Awesome and powerful stuff.
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