Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ “Watchmen” wasn’t the best-selling graphic novel in U.S. bookstores last month — marking the first time it’s been knocked out of the top spot since June 2008.

According to pop culture business site ICv2, “Watchmen” dropped to the #2 in the monthly report on bookstore graphic novel sales, replaced by Vol. 27 of Tite Kubo’s “Bleach” manga. As always, sales of manga volumes like “Bleach” and “Naruto” dominated the month’s rankings, but “Watchmen” wasn’t the only comic book collection to factor into the report. Read more…

FROM MOVIES BLOG: I’ve been feeding you readers a pretty constant stream of overly expensive (or sometimes just questionable) items in my daily eBay Prop-Watch postings. Today I’m veering off in a little bit of a different direction: the selection is affordable and very clearly not a prop. It is a cool, fan-serving little piece of ephemera though.

Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” is not a terrific adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel. It is far better than a lot of people gave it credit for, but the plot becomes unhinged towards the end thanks to the liberal changes made to the story. It’s impressive really, how the alterations maintain a surprising level of narrative accuracy while completely abandoning the tone and themes in Moore’s original. That said, “Watchmen” is a beautiful film, and an exceedingly entertaining viewing experience for a spectacle junkie like me.

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Now that all the overhyped summer blockbusters have begun fizzling out, “Watchmen” sure does look a lot better in the rearview mirror, doesn’t it? Zack Snyder stuck to his guns, bucked the fans when he needed to, and created a dark, thought-provoking blockbuster unlike anything you’re likely to see out of Hollywood again for quite some time.

Recently, he gave me a preview of the “Director’s Cut” Blu-Ray disc that hits theaters July 21st – and along with the Hollis Mason death scene that fans have longed to see, there’s some pretty awesome stuff on there. Read more…

If you didn’t feel like you got your money’s worth paying to see “Watchmen” in its original 162-minute incarnation, there is good news today, because Zack Snyder has announced that the film is returning to theaters in select cities this summer, even longer than before.

“Watchmen: The Director’s Cut,” which Snyder called “considerably more violent” and “sexier” than the movie’s original version, will only be out for a week leading up to its DVD and Blu-ray releases, but the director’s will cap the limited run by hosting a July 25 screening at Comic-Con. Read more…

Jackie Earle Haley has made quite the on-screen comeback starring as Rorschach in “Watchmen” and as Freddy Krueger in “Nightmare on Elm Street,” so it only makes sense to wonder — what’s he doing on television?

To be fair, Haley’s small screen arrival comes in the form of “Human Target,” the new Fox series based on the DC comic book. Still, as some see network television as less reputable than film work, Haley’s decision to star in the show might appear questionable. Apparently, it’s not a notion lost on the actor himself. Read more…

FROM MOVIES BLOG: As “Star Trek” makes its case for the new J.J. Abrams age of the franchise this weekend, he and fellow “Lost” creator Damon Lindelof continue to have early discussions about Stephen King’s cult series of books “The Dark Tower.” Lindelof confirmed Abrams’ assertion that “Lost” is priority number one at the moment, but said the project would require at least as much care as Zack Snyder’s adaptation of “Watchmen.”

“Having seen Zack go through what he went through on ‘Watchmen’ in terms of saying of where can I digress from the material I just get headaches thinking about changing anything,” Lindelof told MTV News. “It was the defining literary tale of my young adulthood into adulthood.”

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From Rorschach to the Comedian, there’s been no shortage of allies for the “Watchmen” — but the masked vigilante squad is about to meet their newest partner in the war against crime.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has hooked up with Facebook in an unprecedented alliance to sync up friend networks on the social networking website with the interactive community-screening features on Warners’ Blu-ray titles. “Watchmen: Director’s Cut” will be the first Blu-ray disc to allow this new feature. Read more…

FROM MOVIES BLOG: We always knew that Nite Owl was the most sensitive of the “Watchmen” crime-fighting team, but Patrick Wilson’s newly announced crossover into the realm of comedy is really sealing the deal.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wilson is set to star in “Morning Glory,” a comedy from director Roger Michell for Paramount Studios. The actor joins an all-star cast that includes Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum.

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Earlier this year, it seemed like you couldn’t go five minutes without hearing or seeing the name Zack Snyder, thanks to a certain little flick called “Watchmen” and the deafening hype surrounding it. However, a month out from that insanely anticipated, critically acclaimed (yet some would argue, financially disappointing) film, we haven’t heard much from Snyder — so MTV News checked in with the director to find out what the post-”Watchmen” world looks like.

‘I’m great,” exclaimed Snyder in an exclusive chat with MTV News. “I’m working on ‘Guardians [of Ga'Hoole],’ and putting ‘Sucker Punch’ together, and we’re just trying to make another movie. The director’s cut of ‘Watchmen,’ is coming out in July, so there’s a lot more ‘Watchmen,’ still to be had, but we’re working on the other movies now.” Read more…

FROM MOVIES BLOG: If you were ever skeptical about New Line remaking the classic horror film “Nightmare on Elm Street,” your fears may be relieved by who they have cast to wield Freddy’s finger knives. According to Variety, New Line has cast Jackie Earle Haley as the iconic slasher, Freddy Krueger.

Haley’s name was on the wish list of many fans (including our own Larry Carroll), and the “Watchmen” actor even teased us with the possibility. ““I just have to say I have no idea; I’m so busy trying to still reconcile Rorschach. I’m curious about [‘Nightmare’], but I don’t know.”

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