Watchmen
WATCHMEN is set in an alternate 1985 America, where 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. The action follows the washed-up, but no less determined, masked vigilante Rorschach – who, when one of his former colleagues is found murdered, sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity, but who is watching the Watchmen? WATCHMEN is directed by Zack Snyder (300), adapted from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, and based on the award-winning graphic novel illustrated by Dave Gibbons and published by DC Comics. The film is produced by Lawrence Gordon (Die Hard), Lloyd Levin (United 93) and Deborah Snyder (300), with Herbert W. Gains (The Brave One) and Thomas Tull (The Dark Knight) serving as executive producers. The masked adventurers at the centre of the story are played by Malin Akerman (The Heartbreak Kid) as Laurie Juspeczyk, aka Silk Spectre 2; Billy Crudup (The Good Shepherd) as Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan; Matthew Goode (Match Point) as Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias; Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum) as Sally Jupiter aka Silk Spectre; Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) as Walter Kovacs, aka Rorschach; Stephen McHattie (Shoot ‘em Up) as Hollis Mason, aka Nite Owl; Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey’s Anatomy) as Edward Blake, aka the Comedian; and Patrick Wilson (Little Children) as Dan Dreiberg, aka Nite Owl 2.
WATCHMEN is released in cinemas nationwide by Paramount Pictures on Friday 6 March, 2009
Pictures: Jon Furniss