Obsessive Watchmen Fanboyism #2

While we can't pretend to deliver up-to-date news and rumours in the manner of such excellent websites as Superhero Hype, we still feel somewhat compelled to deliver the Watchmen news as it comes to us, so significant is this film project in our minds.

There have been a couple of rumourous tidbits circulating, such as Patrick Wilson being confirmed as the final Dan Dreiberg (the second Nite Owl), and Thomas Jane being considered for the part of Eddie Blake (the Comedian), but there are two major items that really deserve attention:

1) Keanu Reeves has dropped out. While this blogger wasn't entirely convinced that his casting was a bad move, it was still somewhat of a confusing choice. Anyway - since apparently Warner was unable to meet his salary demands, Reeves will no longer be modelling his floaty blue space-willy to the general moviegoing public. Whose willy will be doing its best to fill Jon Ostermann's sizeable... uh, shoes?

"One thing I never could stand about living on Mars - all the damned vampires!"

Jason Patric, star of Lost Boys and Speed 2, among, apparently, some better films, is rumoured to be Reeves' replacement. Don't get me wrong, 'how are the maggots, Michael' will always raise an affectionate smile around these parts, but then again, the last thing this film needs is a link, however obscure, to Joel Schumacher. Nobody needs that.

2. Rorschach might well have been cast. According to Paddy Considine's representation, this man will be telling us about dead dogs and burst stomachs in a gravelly monotone sometime in the near future:

"Give me back my face!"

Former teen heartthrob and Patrick Wilson co-star in Little Children Jackie Earle Haley may well, it seems, be filling the most deviously difficult-to-cast comic book roles in history. Not having seen his films, I can't really comment, but from what has been kicked up since his announcement, I say: hey, slap a ginger wig on him and I'm happy!

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'Beat' Nick is aware of how thoroughly outdated his news is.