Watchmen

If you ask anyone in the film industry, the year doesn’t begin until we’ve properly dictated to you our most anticipated movies of the next 12 months. Seriously, ask anyone. They will tell you that anticipation cannot exist without a road map. And said map must be provided by the staff here at FSR. It’s science.

Santa left an early present in Warner Bros. stocking on Wednesday… a lump of coal in the form of an early ruling in 20th Century Fox’s Watchmen copyright lawsuit against them.

Earlier in the week, some lucky fans got the chance to attend a test screening of Watchmen in Portland, and spilled the beans about how the movie is so far.

The whole team went to Comic-Con back in 2008. Here’s the report on our favorite sights and experiences.

The original co-creator and the man at the helm of the film adaptation gave us a look at the philosophy that went into creating a movie that everyone said couldn’t be made.

After seeing the extended footage earlier, and hearing the way these actors approached this film – like a passion project that happened to be backed by millions of dollars -Cole Abaius is even more sold on how fantastic Watchmen is going to be.

Comic-Con attendees knew that the Watchmen panel in Hall H was going to be the main event of the Con — what they didn’t know is that the footage shown would stun them to silence.

A great close up look at Watchmen’s Archimedes – the ship used in filming Zack Snyder’s forthcoming adaptation of Alan Moore’s masterpiece graphic novel.

The uber-geek site, Den of Geek!, has provided the world with a stellar interview with ‘Watchmen’ co-creator Dave Gibbons covering his iconic work, the film adaptation and what he’s churning out these days.