Big Ol' Watchmen Casting And Shooting Story

According to a report on (what I'm told is) a respectable Spanish website - belonging to a broadcaster or newspaper, it seems - at least some of Zack Snyder's Watchmen will shoot in Spain. Why this is, I have no idea, but I'll hazard a guess, and here's what I'm thinking: they'll be shooting material for the Black Freighter there. Seems possible.

Furthermore, the site is also reporting a list of actors that they believe will certainly not be in the film: Jude Law, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Keanu Reeves.

Now, this is contentious stuff. We know Reeves opted out, but Wilson is widely considered to be very much still in the running, and hasn't Snyder hismelf repeatedly claimed that he'll fit Gerard Butler in somewhere?

The story seems to argue that Snyder is going for unknowns to keep the budget aside for other things, but it isn't clear if they've simply extrapolated from this to cross off so many names, or if they know for sure that these actors are out.

Do they really have an inside man or is somebody pulling their leg? Has Snyder had to opt for cheaper actors, lately, to get the money from the studio confirmed?

An Offer He Cannot Refuse

Zack Snyder knows which part in Watchmen he wants to offer to Gerard Butler. I'm betting blue, bilocated and naked.

Or maybe not.

Escape From New York Remake Not Quite A Remake?

Daniel Robert Epstein is the man who does the lion's share of interviews for the 'Playgoth' website, Suicide Girls. Yesterday, he published a chat with John Carpenter which made for rather entertaining reading, as I'd hope you'd expect.

Here they are on the matter of the Gerard Butler-starring Escape From New York remake:

John: I don’t know that it’s a remake. I think it’s a lot about Snake before he gets to New York.

Daniel: But it just made me think that maybe the remake rights might be different than the rights to the character Snake Plissken because none of the articles mentioned you guys being involved with the project. Are you guys going to be credited producers?

John: Executive producer.

Daniel: Do you have any desire to be more involved?

John: My main involvement is I read the scripts and make sure the character is the same character that we wrote originally. I think that would be cool. My other main involvement in this project is to extend my hand and have a check placed in it.