The Clock is Ticking.

"The truth is, '300' to the studio is a graphic novel movie. It's not a movie that they necessarily understand exactly when I pitch it on paper. They feel in some ways the same about "Watchmen." They don't understand why it's not 'Fantastic 4.' I have to remind them that it's much more 'Strangelove' than it is 'Fantastic 4' which they don't like hearing, but they believe that I know, and in that way, it helps." 300 helmer Zach Snyder checks in with the status of The Watchmen.