Watchmen Writer to Adapt Battling Boy Comic

Alex Tse had the unenviable task of co-adapting Alan Moore's classic Watchman comic for the big screen. The film prompted fiercely divided response from fans of the graphic novel but mustered $177 million and counting in international box office. Watchmen also evidently convinced Brad Pitt to give Tse a whack at Battling Boy (pictured right). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures and Pitt's Plan B company have hired Tse to adapt Paul Pope's forthcoming comic book about a mountain boy who journeys into the city of Monstropolis to eradicate a swarm of mutants. First Second Books will publish Battling Boy next spring. In the meantime, Tse has another classic sci-tale to conquer: He's adapting Ray Bradbury's story collection The Illustrated Man for Watchmen director Zack Snyder. See also: Long-Term Watchmen Box Office Still Looks Solid Cult Status, Comic Sales Could Boost Watchmen Box Office Review: Watchmen Film Straddles Line Between Loyalty, Heresy Watchmen's Clockwork Origins Span Comics, Quantum Physics Watchmen Soundtrack Merges History, Money Legendary Comics Writer Alan Moore on Superheroes, The League and Making Magic Archaeologizing Watchmen: An Interview With Dave Gibbons