Comic - book Source , directed by Zack Snyder , took two decades to reach cinemas . Director Terry Gilliam , Darren Aronofsky , Paul Greengrass , previously attached . Source is regarded by many as the best comic - book ever written . But wary of over-tweaking , Snyder told Entertainment Weekly last year : `` You ca n't make it into something else , you really ca n't . Co - creator Alan Moore has objected to the idea of story being made into movie .
Comic - book Source , directed by Zack Snyder , took two decades to reach cinemas . Director Terry Gilliam , Darren Aronofsky , Paul Greengrass , previously attached . Source is regarded by many as the best comic - book ever written . Co - creator Alan Moore has objected to the idea of story being made into movie .