Alex Tse, the co-writer (with David Hayter) of the Watchmen movie script, has been signed to adapt Paul Pope’s The Battling Boy, according to Hollywood Reporter.  The Battling Boy is a First Second graphic novel by Pope that is scheduled to be released by First Second in the spring of 2010. 

Tse is also working on adaptations of Ninja Scroll and Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man.