Watchmen Movie

The comic book film adaptations frenzy continues!!! This time is another interesting story brought to the big screen. The comic: Watchmen, a 12 issue comic story developed back in the 80s by DC comics (Batman, Superman, the Flash). The story of the comic is set in 1985, in a fictitious world where costumed super heroes exist and the United States is on the verge of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
Watchmen tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events that happen after one of their own is murdered. Similar as in Batman, in Watchmen the heroes are real people with real people problems and ethical decisions to be made, and also as in Batman, many of them dont even have super powers.

Watchmen has been critically acclaimed because of the way they have deconstructed the archetype of the typical superhero, the novel also won a Hugo Award, which is the most prestigious award you can win as a science fiction novel... this is the only comic book in history to have won it.

The film is being directed by the same guy who did 300, Zack Snyder, so for sure we will see again incredible effects and revolutionary scenes. And the main characters are not really well known guys, which I think will make it even better.

The Trailer:



The Cast:

Patrick Wilson (The Phantom of the Opera, The Alamo) as Daniel Dreiberg/Nite Owl II. A Retired vigilante superhero with great technological experience. Suit is similar to Batman's.

Billy Crudup (Almost Famous, Big Fish) as Dr. John Osterman/Dr. Manhattan. a superhero that works for the US government, who does possess super powers.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (P.S. I Love You) as Edward Blake/The comedian. A vigilante superhero commisioned by the US government. Ron Pearlman who plays Hellboy was first considered for the role.

Jackie Early Haley (Semi Pro, Little Children) as Walter Kovacs/Rorschach a killer superhero who sees the world in black and white. One of the favorite by the fans.

Malin Akerman (The Heartbreak Kid, 27 Dresses) as Laurie Juspeczyk/Silk Spectre II. A retired superheroine vigilante. Only woman superhero amongst all the watchmen.

Matthew Goode (Match Point, The Lookout) as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias. A retired vigilante superhero, who has made his appearance public after retiring. The role was originally intended for Jude Law or Tom Cruise, but both left the project due to different reasons.

Carla Gugino (Entourage, Sin City) as Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre. Retired vigilante superheroine and mother of Laurie Juspeczyk, the new Silk Spectre.

Stephen McHattie (300, A History of Violence) as Hollis Mason/Nite Owl. The first Nite Owl.

Matt Frewer (Dawn of the Dead) as Edward Jacobi/Moloch the Mystic. An elderly rehabilitated criminal.


Here is an interesting picture I found, with the castings as different directors have been set to made the movie in past years, and the ones who landed the role:




The Trailer sounds interesting, the Cast looks pretty good, the Director has a good rap, this promises to be one of the biggest films in 2009, lets see if it lives up to its hype.


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