Watchmen

  • Theatrical - Wide 2009-03-06
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Synopsis

In an alternate 1985 America, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of... See more his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?

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TV Review: Watchmen

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New Watchmen poster!

Hot off the heels of the new footage that debuted last night during the 2008 Scream Awards, Warner Bros. has debuted the official teaser poster for WATCHMEN today. It’s good but not great in my opinion. What do you think?...
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Creating Dr. Manhattan

Sci Fi Wire recently landed the most recent behind-the-scenes video journal for WATCHMEN, the Zack Snyder directed adaptation of the seminal Alan Moore graphic novel of the same name, and if you’ve got a little time, it’s definitely worth a...
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Watchmen footage!

Back in September we received word that Zack Snyder would be presenting a “first look at footage” from WATCHMEN in both Los Angeles and New York. We at JoBlo.com decided to send two people to the events – one who...
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Freighter directors

In an effort to make his upcoming WATCHMEN adaptation a more complete experience, director Zack Snyder announced a little while ago that the melancholic pirate comic within Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel, “Tales of the Black Freighter”, would also be...
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Watchmen… sequel?

Apparently Hollywood, never one to miss a chance to squeeze an extra buck out of an idea, is open to the idea of making a sequel to the upcoming WATCHMEN. Oh I know, I was shocked too. Patrick Wilson (Nite...
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Watchmen troubles II

The NY Times has an interesting piece explaining the lawsuit between Fox and 20th Century and their battle over WATCHMEN. There’s a ton of shit in there, but it seems to all boil down to this legal concept of “turnaround”....
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Watchmen mag pics

Brazilian magazine “Set” recently unleashed four cool ass WATCHMEN themed covers featuring Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman), Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). These four are, of course, part of the world...
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Watchmen in trouble?

Who watches the WATCHMEN? If Fox has its way, nobody. Well, not quite. Fox has been embroiled in a legal battle with Warner Bros. over the rights to develop and distribute a film based on Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel...
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