Watchmen at 10: The fascinating story of how the 'unfilmable' comic book series finally made it to the big screen

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “What he did was he told the story as-is,” Silver later said of Gilliam’s script, “but instead of the whole notion of the intergalactic thing, which was too hard and too silly, he maintained that the existence of Doctor Manhattan had changed the whole balance of the world economy, the world political structure”. open image in gallery Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre in ‘Watchmen’ “I find film in its modern form to be quite bullying,” said Moore – who has always said he would never watch a filmed adaptation of Watchmen – before Snyder’s release. Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events “We have no desire to ‘adapt’ the 12 issues Mr Moore and Mr Gibbons created 30 years ago,” Lindelof said of the series. Like Doctor Manhattan says during the final Watchmen chapter, “Nothing ever ends” – so perhaps it’s quite fitting.