 During early development in the early 1990s, mainly focused around  the screenplay by Samm Hamm, early casting rumors included Robin  Williams as Rorschach, Jamie Lee Curtis as Silk Spectre, Gary Busey  as the Comedian, and both Richard Gere and Kevin Costner considered  for the role of NitOwl. The project underwent numerous rewrites  under director Terry Gilliam and his collaborator Charles McKeown,  but got eventually shelved by Warner Bros.