{"id":11649,"date":"2007-07-26T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-26T17:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/07\/26\/watching-the-watchmen.html"},"modified":"2007-07-26T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2007-07-26T17:20:05","slug":"watching_the_watchmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/26\/watching_the_watchmen.html","title":{"rendered":"Watching the Watchmen<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Has the film adaptation<\/a> of Alan Moore’s Watchmen<\/a> <\/em>finally been cast?  Variety <\/em>thinks so<\/a>, with official announcements coming out this week at the San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n

Billy Crudup as Dr Manhattan
Patrick Wilson as Night Owl
Matthew Goode as Ozymandias
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian
Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach
Malin Ackerman as the Silk Spectre<\/p>\n

I’d feel a lot better if I actually recognized any of those names …<\/p>\n

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(via ktbuffy)<\/p>\n

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Has the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen finally been cast?  Variety thinks so, with official announcements coming out this week at the San Diego Comic-Con. 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