Earlier today we posted the new
“Watchmen” footage, and now we’ve got a new teaser poster via
Yahoo! Movies.
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?
The film is based on the 12-part DC Comics series written by
Alan Moore and featuring art by
Dave Gibbons.
The teaser poster reveals the film’s
MPAA rating. It’s been rated
R for graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language.
“Watchmen” is directed by
Zack Snyder, the big screen adaptation
Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and
Matt Frewer and opening in conventional theaters and IMAX on March 6 2009.
