** Aside from Creator/TerryGilliam, Creator/DarrenAronofsky, Paul Greengrass and DavidHayter were all attached to direct at various points. Gilliam had [[Script/{{Watchmen}} a screenplay written by Sam Hamm]] (writer of [[TimBurton Tim Burton's]] ''Batman'') to work with, while the others had one by Hayter himself. Much like the final film and more so than Hamm's, Hayter's treatment was pretty faithful, more prone to simplifying or cutting things out rather than changing them. However, it was set in the then-present day (2005), Laurie's alias was changed to "Slingshot" (Dr. Manhattan gives her the power to shoot energy balls), and the ending is changed even further than it was for the final film. [[spoiler: The squid is also replaced, this time by a solar energy beam. More importantly, Nite Owl changes his mind about compromising and (barely) defeats and kills Ozymandias, since [[AndThisIsFor "that's what Rorschach would've done."]]. Well, having worked on MetalGearSolid really makes your mind go places.]] Though, according to Hayter, he actually managed to get the approval of Alan Moore concerning his version of the screenplay.

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** Aside from Creator/TerryGilliam, Creator/DarrenAronofsky, Paul Greengrass and DavidHayter were all attached to direct at various points. Gilliam had [[Script/{{Watchmen}} a screenplay written by Sam Hamm]] (writer of [[TimBurton Tim Burton's]] ''Batman'') to work with, while the others had one by Hayter himself. Much like the final film and more so than Hamm's, Hayter's treatment was pretty faithful, more prone to simplifying or cutting things out rather than changing them. However, it was set in the then-present day (2005), Laurie's alias was changed to "Slingshot" (Dr. Manhattan gives her the power to shoot energy balls), and the ending is changed even further than it was for the final film. [[spoiler: The squid is also replaced, this time by a solar energy beam. More importantly, Nite Owl changes his mind about compromising and (barely) defeats and kills Ozymandias, since [[AndThisIsFor "that's what Rorschach would've done."]]. Well, having worked on Franchise/MetalGear really makes your mind go places.]] Though, according to Hayter, he actually managed to get the approval of Alan Moore concerning his version of the screenplay.

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