Jude Law interested in the Watchmen

Watchmen is widely considered the greatest comic book of all time. But it's an enormously complex work and as such has taken an eternity to come to the big screen. Terry Gilliam was once attached, and later Aronofsky had his first brief flirtation with the project, before bowing out.

Then X-Men scripwriter David Hayter got hold of the reins, and produced a quality script. Unfortunately, Universal were loathe to let Hayter cut his directing teeth on such a major project, so he exited stage left to be replaced again by Aronofsky. Ironically, Hayter's script will still be used.

Filming is provisionally scheduled for late 2005, allowing Aronofsky time to finish The Fountain, with Hugh Jackman; and Law plenty of room to bag the role.