January 27, 2005 - DC-on-Film reports that pre-production is now underway on Paramount's Watchmen movie. The feature adaptation of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons comic book classic will be directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by David Hayter.

According to DC-on-Film, the crew so far includes two members of Greengrass' The Bourne Supremacy: production designer Dominic Watkins and art director Peter Wenham. The visual effects supervisor is said to be Steven Begg, whose credits include Batman Begins and the Tomb Raider movies.

Filming reportedly takes place at Pinewood Studios in England later this year for a summer 2006 release. Production had previously been slated for Prague.

Thanks to Comics2Film for the heads-up!