9 Superhero Movies That Almost Happened

 
#7 TERRY GILLIAM’S WATCHMEN
 
 
Where this adaptation started to go off the rails was in terms of the casting. Joel Silver demanded that the role of Dr. Manhattan be played by The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Watchmen co-creator and artist Dave Gibbons recalled saying ‘Well, he’s got the physique, but the German accent…” to which Silver replied “It doesn’t matter!” Other actors rumored to be interested in the film were Richard Gere (Presumably for the Nite Owl role), and both Robin Williams and Gary Busey showing an interest in The Comedian.
 
 
The project ultimately came to an end when Gilliam went to talk to Watchmen creator Alan Moore, “I talked to [director] Terry Gilliam in the ’80s, and he asked me how I would make Watchmen into a film. I said, ”Well actually, Terry, if anybody asked me, I would have said, ‘I wouldn’t.”’ Gilliam soon left the project, citing it as ‘unfilmable’ and that it would be better served as a five hour mini-series.
 
The director of Pi almost turned Batman’s world upside down. Find out more on page 8!
 

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