The Watchmen (2009)

OTHER POSTERS

TRIVIA

Watchmen, created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, was released as a 12-issue comic book in 1986 and is one of the most critically acclaimed series in the genre.

COMMUNITY RATING

SPECS

• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2009-03-06 - Wide Release
• Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
• Film Genre(s): Action, Comic/Graphic Novel Based Film
• Country: United States
• 

SYNOPSIS

Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, this is one of the most critically acclaimed series in the genre. The comic is credited for redefining the superhero genre and often is referred to as the "War and Peace" of comic books. It is a crime-conspiracy story that provided the first realistic look at the behind-the-heroics lives of superhero archetypes. "Watchmen" appeared as the only graphic novel on Time magazine's list of the 100 best novels since 1923. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which 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 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?

RELATED NEWS

: 2007-07-26

  Variety reports that judge has denied a Warner Bros. motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox’s lawsuit over Warners’ right to the pic. According to the federal Judge Gary Allen Feess, Fox retained distribution rights to the graphic novel. : 2008-08-18

  Ain't-It-Cool-News reports that Zack Snyder is in talks with Warner Bros. to helm the project. : 2006-03-25

  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Warner Bros. has picked up the project without screenwriter David Hayter and director Paul Greengrass nolonger on board. : 2005-12-19

  Variety reports that Paramount has officially put the project into turnaround. : 2005-06-06

  Variety reports that production may be in trouble - mostly because of the 100-million dollar budget. : 2005-03-31

  Ain't-It-Cool-News reports that director Paul Greengrass has taken the vacant spot left by Darren Aronofsky. : 2004-11-19

  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Paramount Pictures has picked up feature rights to the film. : 2004-07-23

 Ain't-It-Cool-News reports that director Darren Aronofsky will helm the project. : 2004-04-22