‘Watchmen’: Tom Cruise Wanted to Play Rorschach in Zack Snyder Directorial!!

Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Watchmen director Zack Snyder confirmed that Tom Cruise wanted to play masked vigilante Rorschach in the 2009 movie adaptation of Dave Gibbons’ DC comic book series. The role eventually went to Oscar-nominated actor Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, Alita: Battle Angel), who Snyder described as “unbelievable.” “I wanted Tom Cruise for Ozymandias. Tom wanted to … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’: Tom Cruise Wanted to Play Rorschach in Zack Snyder Directorial!!

‘Rorschach’ to Get his Own DC Series from Writer Tom King!!

After the conclusion of Doomsday Clock and HBO’s own Watchmen sequel series, one might think the book would be closed on transforming Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal series into spinoffs. Not quite: This October, DC will present Rorschach, a new 12-issue maxiseries from Tom King (Mister Miracle, Batman) and Jorge FornĂ©s (Batman). Here’s the tease: It’s been 35 years since Ozymandias was exposed for … Continue reading ‘Rorschach’ to Get his Own DC Series from Writer Tom King!!