Yesterday we had some exciting news that perhaps John Powell was actively engaged in scoring the long awaited Watchmen movie. However all may not be as it seems.

As with the Internet in general and more specifically MySpace, there's a suggestion out that this is a faked area and it's not really the actual John Powell the movie composer.

However, with a bucket of salt in hand we can't be sure either way until something more concrete comes out, but today we're being told it's faked. Why someone would be faking this I don't know, just to get interest again in the Watchmen film? Surely there are better and higher profile ways?

From SuperHero Hype:

Dan' from SoundtrackNet was kind enough to write in and debunk the above! - Unfortunately, John Powell is not only NOT doing THE WATCHMEN at the moment, but his MySpace profile isn't actually him. This was confirmed by his publicist. There is a lot of fake stuff on MySpace, and unfortunately you were misled.

As I say someone else just saying it's not true is just the same as the alleged faker saying it is. So let's see what the official word comes out as, although I suspect this Dan person may be the right one. If it had been true we'd be hearing much, much more from the Watchmen project.