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Okay, it seems like Hollywierd is trying to make movies out of practically every marketable comic-book or graphic novel (and some that aren't marketable... I'm half-convinced a She-Hulk movie is just around the corner). There's an "Iron Man" movie scheduled for 2007. "Ghost Rider" is supposed to be out then too. (Sorry, but I don't buy Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze, and neither should you.)

And yes, "Watchmen". A script is being worked on.

So, it was with both great relief and a bit of sadness that I found that no movie based on Warren Ellis' "Transmetropolitan" is currently in the works. That's right. Not being worked on. You see, I can see (and have seen) movies on Batman, Superman, and other major heroes. But some things do not translate to the big screen from comics very well at all.

I don't see the City being realized at its full potential. I doubt the rampant drug use by Spider would make it into the movie. For it to stay true to the comics, it would probably end up with an "R" rating, or end up being butchered to a "PG-13".

Mind you, Patrick Stewart has said he wants to make a "Transmetropolitan" film, and I suspect that he would do a good job. Hell, Warren Ellis said Stewart would make an excellent Spider.

But most of me hopes that if it happens, it is not done by Hollywood.