Billy Crudup in WATCHMEN??

C.H.U.D. reports that Billy Crudup could be filling the role of Dr. Manhattan in the WATCHMEN film.

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By cahcat - Jul 09, 2007 12:07 AM EST

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Zack Snyder's take on Watchmen is coming soon and casting rumors from an anonymous source say Crudup would be Dr. Manhattan. The superpowered character is a scientist who reconstructs himself into a big naked blue flowting demigod after being annihilated on an atomic level.

C.H.U.D. also reports that more WATCHMEN announcments should be coming from Comic-Con at the end of the month.

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