Directed by: Zack Snyder
Written by: David Hayter, Alex Tse
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode
Studio: Paramount
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.watchmenmovie.com
Release Date: March 6, 2009

The Story

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?

Worldwide Release Date

4 March 2009 In Belgium, France
5 March 2009 In Argentina, Australia, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore
6 March 2009 In Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, UK
11 March 2009 In Egypt
12 March 2009 In Hong Kong
13 March 2009 In Estonia, Iceland, Sweden
19 March 2009 In Croatia
28 March 2009 In Japan

Movie Trivia

“Watchmen” is a 2009 film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic book limited series of the same name, directed by Zack Snyder. Set in 1985, the film follows a group of former vigilantes as war begins to break out between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Like his previous film “300″, Snyder closely modeled his storyboards on the comic, but unlike “300″, he chose not to shoot all of “Watchmen” using chroma key.

Zack Snyder took Frank Miller’s graphic novel “300″ and turned it into a visually stunning blockbuster. Now Snyder’s “Watchmen” is considered the best graphic novel ever written that goes into another much-anticipated movie. The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high.

The vigilante Rorschach is investigating the murder of a former hero, the Comedian, and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes. Rorschach discovers a far wider-ranging conspiracy involving his colleagues’ past which could completely change the course of history.