British director Paul Greengrass shot to industry attention with the acclaimed "Bloody Sunday" and his huge thriller hit "The Bourne Supremacy". Now, he's behind an adaptation of what's considered the most acclaimed comic book creation of all time - Alan Moore's "Watchmen". He recently gave an interview to CHUD about how pre-production is gearing up:
"It's gearing up now. It's sort of about two months in now, about six weeks in. It's a bit like how do you fit fifteen people through a small door simultaneously. That's what pre-production is like in the early stages. How do you fit an American football team through a door that's about two feet wide and three foot tall. You have to crew up first of all - not first of all, these are in no order of priorities, these are just the things you have to do. You have to start designing sets and wardrobe. You have to start really analyzing how you're going to make the film. You have to start working on the screenplay. You have to start thinking about casting. You have to start thinking about budgets. We've made a good start.
It's interesting the kind of issues that first raise their head, really. How do you deliver the Citizen Kane of comic books to screen? That is basically the problem. It's a bit intimidating to be honest. I believe two things, really: I do believe, obviously because I am here, that you can make a film based on Watchmen the novel that is both truthful to the novel and also works in two hours. I really do believe that, I wouldn't be here if I didn't. The second point is that I believe in an odd kind of way that it's twenty years since Watchmen, give or take a year or two - certainly twenty years since it was set - and I think in many ways a lot of what Watchmen was about is very, very relevant to today.
To read the full interview, click here.
Thanks to 'Devin'
