Written by GLFans (like me) of Watchmen will begin to cheer; the movie adaptation is finally coming out. It seems like a good millennium for superheroes doesn't it? And here's the latest news on the cast for the Watchmen movie:
Bill Crudup, an actor that you may remember for films such as Big Fish (where he played the annoyed son of the story-teller) or Sleepers (a long-ago film about a group of friends, growing up in an orphanage), is cast as the above-pictured Dr. Manhattan.
Dr. Manhattan is also known in the graphic novel as Dr. Osterman, a scientist involved in a nuclear physics accident that took him outside the physical realm and brought him back with god-like powers, including superhuman strength, telekinesis, the ability to teleport himself or others over planetary, interplanetary and Intergalactic distances, control over matter at a molecular level, and near total future-prediction ability. In other words, this guy is the man.
While his military and governmental friends market him as a superhero, he grows increasingly disinterested in human affairs and is unable to connect with others, especially his love interest Laurie, whom is also a Watchmen superhero.
Dr. Manhattan was created by Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons but, like many main characters of the series, he is a modified version of a Charlton Comics character, Captain Atom, created by Steve Ditko.
Keep coming back for more updates, friends.
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