Watch Out

No, Beadle's not about (as far as we know) but any uncertainty concerning the director of the upcoming Watchmen adaptation has finally been dispelled like so much sleazy cigarette smoke. Darren Aronofsky, who has been linked with the project for some time, has now been officially confirmed as the man to bring the Alan Moore series to the screen. Both Terry Gilliam and writer David Hayter have tried the director's seat out for size in the past but it's now fallen to the Requiem for a Dream director who, to be fair, has been expressing an interest in the property for the last five years. The only question now is can he possibly pull it off? The 12-part series is about as involved as it gets and not the kind of thing that could easily be squeezed into a six-hour miniseries, let alone a two hour film. Mr Aronofsky, all eyes are upon you (insert 'watching' gag here).