Paul Greengrass set to helm The Watchmen.

I still sort of think that making The Watchmen into a movie is a bad idea. Without some sort of LA Confidential-esque masterstroke of adaptation it is destined to failure. But if it has to be made then there are few people I'd rather see heading it up than Paul Greengrass. The Bourne Supremacy is so good. Combine that with superhero sci-fi and, sweet jumpin' moses, it might just be brilliant. I wonder if this means that they will downplay Dr. Manhattan and play up Rorshach, who seems to be more up Greengrass' alley. I hope not, because I'd love to see what he does with the wild sci-fi stuff, and I certainly want to see the glass palace of Mars on the big screen.