It's been awhile since there's been any substantial news to report on concerning Watchmen...The gang at AICN put up a photo of the 1940's Minutemen in the project. The characters are the original 'Watchmen' in the 1980's set tale and are seen in photo.
They include Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, Captain Metropolis, Mothman, Silhouette, The Comedian, Dollar Bill and Hooded Justice.
According to The New York Times the plans to release an animated version of "Tales of the Black Freighter" have changed a bit. The Watchmen tale will not be a part of the initial DVD, but rather appear as its own DVD release just five days after the movie hits theaters on March 6th 2009.
The disc will also includes a documentary-style film called "Under the Hood" that will delve into the characters' backstories. Also the studio plans a dozen 22-26 minute Webisodes in the build-up to "Watchmen".
Director Zack Snyder informs us that he's currently editing the film and that it's is nearing three hours in length He intends to fight to keep as much as possible in the movie.
Finally,"Watchmen" will hit DVD sometime in the early Fall, of '09 and then again as an 'Ultimate Edition' with both "Watchmen" and 'Tales' edited into one large movie will hit in early 2010.
3 hours in length sounds pretty good to me. The story is just too dense to be squeezed into a 2 hour Cliff Notes version.
Now can we please see some footage...?!!
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