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Crime Scenes From Watchmen’s Costumed Adventurers

A new viral Watchmen site has popped up, with case files from crimes and clues against Costumed Adventurers that happened inside the pages of Alan Moore’s Watchmen graphic novel. The Frontiersman is a newspaper in Moore’s world, so perhaps this is a secret bundle of notes that just happens to land on an editor’s desk?…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 20

New Watchmen Featurette Probes Separation Between Superhero And State

A new Watchmen featurette is out, with director Zack Snyder breaking down what’s so interesting about Alan Moore’s alternate universe where costumed adventurers mingle in politics. And it includes almost all the movie’s vital scenes. Watchmen Exclusive This clip is just about the whole movie, if you look carefully in the backgrounds. Plus it’s the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 31

New Faces From The Watchmen Movie

New Watchmen footage is out, giving us plenty of new faces from Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel. Everybody is showing up in the montage shown at Comic-Con, plus a new version of the trailer. The whole gang’s there, from President Richard Nixon to Dollar Bill and Moloch the Mystic. The two new montages can be…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 9

Learn How To Use Rorschach’s Grappling Gun

The next Watchmen video diary is out, and it showcases all of the dohickeys and whatnots that fill up every single inch of Zack Snyder’s movie. The best part of this film will be noticing all the little details and easter eggs and shouting about them. In this diary from Movie Web, you get a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 8

Zack Snyder Caves In And Cuts 15 Minutes From Watchmen

We know that Zack Snyder isn’t too keen on cutting down his live-action adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen. But two hours and 50 minutes is too long for even the strongest of bladders to sit through. News is coming out now that Snyder is indeed cutting Watchmen down to two hours and 35 minutes, which…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 3

Easter Eggs In Zack Snyder’s Insanely OCD Watchmen Trailer

The second Watchmen trailer arrived last week, and we’re blown away by the crazy OCD detail that goes into every scene. There have been plenty of comics-to-screen comparisons, but the footage is also littered with Easter eggs and little clues as to the direction of the movie. Spoilers ahead. While traveling down the hallway to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 21

Zack Snyder Goes Heavy Metal!

A big part of the excitement around the Watchmen movie comes from Zack Snyder’s incredible shot-by-shot attention to detail. And he’s already proven that he shines in a more CG-heavy film, like 300. So the news that Snyder is on board to direct one of the segments in the new Heavy Metal animated film is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 14

Who Names The Watchmen?

Wondering why the new trailer for Watchmen seems to include characters calling the superheroes “the Watchmen”? The original comic stayed away from the word, except for the ominous graffiti that gave the series its title, so is this more squidtastic evidence of the movie moving away from the source material, or just admen demanding that…

Movies Graeme McMillan Nov 14

New Watchmen Trailer Is Full Of Organ Playing, Death Dealing Craziness

Zack Snyder’s new Watchmen trailer has hit the nets and it is truly a thing of ass kicking beauty complete with an ominous organ beginning. Haters to the left, if you’re not at least a little excited by this trailer then you live in a sad, cold world. Watch Dr. Manhattan get super pissed at…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 13

Deep Thoughts From 6 New Watchmen Posters

Warner Bros. sent us six new Watchmen character posters, and it’s like a visual seminar in brooding. Each costumed avenger has their own “I’m thinking about the world” sad-face moment: Silk Spectre gives her over-the-shoulder sexy brooding-but-ass-kicking stare, the Comedian gives good troubled-but-funny, Ozmandias’ pretty kitty makes a cameo, and Rorschach wields some high tech…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 12

Watchmen’s Zack Snyder Sets Fire To Your Dreams

Watchmen director Zack Snyder has settled the issue of the movie’s ending once and for all. And Watchmen purists? You may want to take a valium before reading what Snyder has to say. He also explained exactly how action-packed his movie of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel will be, and told you what elements from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 10

Watchmen’s Sally Jupiter Sexy At Every Age

The next Watchmen featurette from Zack Snyder’s movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s pivotal graphic novel is a shout out to all the movie’s super-ladies. While we’ve seen plenty of Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk/Silk Spectre II, walking in slo-mo in her thigh highs, this time we get a better look at her mother Sally Jupiter,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 6

Watchmen Ending May Be Closer to the Comic Than You Think

Will the Watchmen movie retain the original comic book ending or won’t it? We told you about the recent Portland, OR preview screening of Watchmen, and the reaction of fans upon discovering that the ending of the classic comic series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons had been changed by director Zack Snyder for cinema…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 28

Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Man Bits Now In HD

We reported about the great lengths that director of the Watchmen comic book adaptation Zack Snyder went to keep Dr. Manhattan’s blue downstairs tasteful yet accurate for viewers. Heck, we’ve even blogged the almost wang exposing moments where you got to see Billy Crudup (Dr. Manhattan’s) “manness” in the Watchmen diaries and making of Manhattan…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27

Cultural References You Need to Know Before Experiencing Watchmen

Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen will attempt to simulate the look and detailed feel of the graphic novel, but where did that look and feel originate? The multilayered original comic book by Alan Moore and collaborator Dave Gibbons is packed with references to everything from British scifi TV to Mayan death gods. And Snyder threw…

io9 Alex Carnevale Oct 9

Watchmen Movie Was Almost About The War On Terror

Click to viewLast night, it was finally New York’s turn to see the 25 minutes of Watchmen and get a chance to hear from director Zack Snyder and Watchmen’s artist, Dave Gibbons, about the heavy undertaking that is bringing the classic graphic novel to life on the big screen. But more importantly, Snyder shared with…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 7

No Watchmen 2, But Plenty Of Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Junk To Go Round

So when making a movie when one of the characters is half naked for most of the film, when do the discussions about “just how big is too big” start? Movie Web had a chance to ask the director Zack Snyder all about Dr. Manhattan’s man-parts along with a lot of other pressing Watchmen questions.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 2

Who Wants To Watch Three Hours Of Watchmen?

It’s already calling itself the movie adaptation of “the most celebrated graphic novel of all time,” but if a certain group of masochistic fans have their way, “visionary director” Zack Snyder’s version of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic may also be the longest comic strip movie ever made – But is the general public…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 16

Prop Photos Reveal Watchmen’s New Ninja Weapons

Zack Snyder has repeatedly pledged that the Watchmen film will remain true to its comic roots, but he has introduced at least a few of his own innovations to the Watchmen universe. A slew of new prop photos suggests that the onscreen version of the second Nite Owl will be sporting some gizmos you won’t…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 6

Why Should We Watch The Watchmen?

Click to viewThere’s no getting away from it – the smash hit of Comic-Con was Watchmen. In the absence of any presence from the rest of next year’s big SF movies like Star Trek or Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, Zack Snyder’s glossy adaptation of the 21-year-old comic swept the collective nerd herd off their…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 31

Crime Scenes From Watchmen’s Costumed Adventurers

New Watchmen Featurette Probes Separation Between Superhero And State

New Faces From The Watchmen Movie

Learn How To Use Rorschach’s Grappling Gun

Zack Snyder Caves In And Cuts 15 Minutes From Watchmen

Easter Eggs In Zack Snyder’s Insanely OCD Watchmen Trailer

Zack Snyder Goes Heavy Metal!

Who Names The Watchmen?

New Watchmen Trailer Is Full Of Organ Playing, Death Dealing Craziness

Deep Thoughts From 6 New Watchmen Posters

Watchmen’s Zack Snyder Sets Fire To Your Dreams

Watchmen’s Sally Jupiter Sexy At Every Age

Watchmen Ending May Be Closer to the Comic Than You Think

Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Man Bits Now In HD

Cultural References You Need to Know Before Experiencing Watchmen

Watchmen Movie Was Almost About The War On Terror

No Watchmen 2, But Plenty Of Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Junk To Go Round

Who Wants To Watch Three Hours Of Watchmen?

Prop Photos Reveal Watchmen’s New Ninja Weapons

Why Should We Watch The Watchmen?

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