Will Watchmen be filmed in Vancouver?

Hollywood North Report thinks so. In fact, they claim that Zack Snyder, director of the surprisingly successful 300, and the rest of the Watchmen team will be opening their production office here as early as June, with shooting set to start in August. Then again, there were rumours at one point that 300 would be shot in Vancouver too, but then it ended up going to Montreal -- so until we hear something more official, take this with a grain of salt.

UPDATE: How's this for a coincidence: Right around the time I was writing this post, a friend wrote me to say: "I just met one of the location scouts for the upcoming 'Watchmen' flick. They are considering using SFU and the tower here in Surrey." Bizarre.