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Gerard Butler to star in Watchmen

Re-teaming with his “300” director Zack Snyder


IESB has landed a plum scoop from “300” director Zack Snyder (very nice guy by the way, seems to know his stuff) suggesting he’ll be re-using (I dunno, is that the word?) Gerard Butler, the star of his new historical battle royale, for “Watchmen”.

Snyder has already slotted in Butler to the movie – based on the graphic novel about some ragtag former crime-fighters who are drawn back into action by the murder of a former teammate, The Comedian, which turns out to be the leading edge of a much wider, more disturbing conspiracy – but is tight lipped on what role he’d be playing.

Might it be for the role that Snyder said Tom Cruise was circling for a while, that of Ozymandias?

Shall see.

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