[themovieinsider]

Variety says that the town is definitely watching "The Watchmen." Speculation has been raging this week that new Paramount chief Brad Grey was pulling the plug on the action-adventure and putting it into turnaround. But producer Larry Gordon and studio spokeswoman Nancy Kirkpatrick have insisted Par plans to go ahead with Brit director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Supremacy") helming. "The Watchmen," based on the DC Comics series of the same name, is set in the 1950s, centers on a seemingly ordinary man putting on superhero garb to track down criminals and joined by those similarly inclined.