Hard to believe I'm actually writing this, but the long, long, long-anticipated, much-discussed and often-delayed "Watchmen" movie is actually done shooting! Zack Snyder posted on the official Watchmen movie site last week that principal photography was wrapped. Now, the post work begins -- and considering how much greenscreen is involved, I imagine that there is a substantial amount of work to be done to get the film ready for its release next year.

But think about it-- this is a movie that's been in development for nearly two decades! More than a dozen directors have tried and failed to get the project off the ground.

Longtime comic book fans should enjoy this as much as any of the great comic book adaptations we've been treated to in recent years. Because this shows more than anything we're in a Golden Age for Fanboyism.

If Zack Snyder pulls off the adaptation of a near-impossible comic series to adapt, then he may nudge aside Peter Jackson as Ruler of All Things Geeky. Judging by his writings on the production process, it sounds like he's confident they've got something good on their hands. And with a cast that includes Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Carla Gugino and Jackie Earle Haley (who's playing Rorschach, who you see in the latest image from the movie) ...can you blame him?

"Watchmen" arrives in theaters in March, 2009.