Forgive me for not getting the connection so much earlier, even if the photos had been out for almost a month already.
If you're a fan of Grey's Anatomy, you probably remember Denny Duquette, right? The dude who managed to snag Dr. Stevens' heart and left her with eight million dollars in Season Two/Three?
Well that dude is Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who incidentally, also plays John Winchester, demon-hunting dad of our two leads- Sam and Dean- on Supernatural. Yep, that's him on the right.
Right after I read Alan Moore's graphic novel all over again, I felt compelled to do some research about it online, and thus made the connection. Morgan plays the role of The Comedian in Zack Snyder's (same dude who directed "300") take on "The Watchmen". The movie is coming out about a year from now (in March 2009), but from what we heard, most of the footage has been shot, and the project is on post-production right now.
Now, as far as I know, The Comedian (the dude with the cigar in the pic to the left) doesn't really have super-powers- he's really a down-to-earth badass, almost like Marvel's Nick Fury. Even as superheroes had been outlawed in an alternate reality, The Comedian had continued to serve the US Government as a commando/special ops guy, touring global hot spots like Vietnam, Iran and pretty much wherever there was conflict- even helping quell some civilian riots at home.
Check out Morgan as The Comedian right here:
Now doesn't he look totally badass? Even if that just looks like regular Kevlar armor (I'm assuming) with a bandoleer of grenades + a standard army-issue grenade launcher, he looks rather menacing enough. Definitely worth watching out for.
According to FirstShowing.net, the movie arrives in theaters everywhere on March 6th, 2009. Stay tuned for even more Watchmen coverage, photos, and more exclusives on First Showing's official website.
Cheers, everyone!
This post originally came out in another blog of mine, "Renzie's Rants and Raves". I moved it to this blog shortly after creating it in March 2008.
I've always loved this little clip from Shrek (2001). Did you remember the first time you saw that little clockwork machine burst open into song, with a troop of little wooden puppets singing "Welcome To Duloc"?