Watchmen Movie axed by Paramount

Watchmen Movie axed by Paramount


Empiremovies.com reports that "After months of guesswork, Paramount Pictures has finally pulled the plug on The Watchmen, putting it into turnaround and taking it out to other studios."

The film's budget was rumored to be $100 million and new the new studio head
apparently found it too expensive. Alan Moore's celebrated superhero graphic novel, with director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy)
attached, had been aiming for a summer start.