Here is a new movie trailer for Zack Snyder’s “The Watchman”, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The movie will be released in theaters March 6, 2009. See photos and the trailer here.
“The Watchmen” is based on the groundbreaking 12-issue limited comic book series of the same title created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins, originally published in the mid-1980s and later republished as a graphic novel.
“The Watchmen” is set in alternative 1985 which finds Richard Nixon still president as the United States verges on nuclear war with the Soviet Union. When a government-sponsored superhero, The Comedian, is found murdered, the vigilante superhero Rorschach comes to believe this is a government conspiracy to kill superheroes and he warns his former colleagues. As the story progresses, the Rorschach and his superhero colleagues discover that the conspiracy is much deeper and could completely alter the course of history.
This second trailer for “The Watchmen” (in July 2008 a teaser trailer was shown with “The Dark Knight”) had its premiere on the Spike TV Scream 2008 Awards, broadcast on October 21, 2008. Director Zack Snyder and stars Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino and Jeffrey Dean Morgan were present at the awards ceremony to introduce the trailer. Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, and Matthew Good also star in the movie.
“There’s a feeling that film and comic books and all these genres that didn’t used to get respect are having this truly dynamic moment right now,” said Zack Snyder. “Just look around tonight and you get this feeling things are going into interesting places.”
Approximately one-third of the trailer is comprised of previously unseen footage; WatchmenComicMovie.com has the new screen shots.
The new footage, with mesmerizing special effects and cinematography, captures the spirit and the essence of the graphic novel. We hope that writers David Hayter (”The Scorpion King,” “X-Men,” “X-Men 2″) and Alex Tse have done justice to the storyline.
One of the most anticipated movies of 2009, it is exciting to see “The Watchmen” finally making it to the big screen despite two decades of development hell, and a lawsuit brought by Fox against Warner Bros. Zack Snyder has proven success in this genre, with his popular and critically acclaimed movie “300,” an adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same title. We hope that watching “The Watchman” will be well worth the wait.
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