Watchmen! Rorschach Revealed.

[Crazysah]

Those posters are awesome!

Does anyone have the Absolute Watchmen version of the book. It's basically the same but bigger, and with updated colouring... even though I have the standard one, I am tempted to get this one.

Yeah man! Posters look amazing!

[Techno_Funky]

This one I am looking forward to ... :)

[deuz]

still reading it when i have free time...only 1/2 way through if the movie is anything as good as the comic ..... we have a new winner!!!

damn good

[Rappy Veteran]

Even Neowin loves the Watchmen :D

[Rappy Veteran]

Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg & Malin Ackerman as Laurie Juspeczyk

Production Details

Hiroshima Lovers

Mason's Auto Repair

New Frontiersman

Pink Triangle

Tales of the Black Freighter

Veidt Method ad

Prelude to a "pretty butterfly"

Characters

Bernie the News Vendor

Big Figure

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Behind the Scenes from Watchmen

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While plenty of you seemed to be ready to spend three hours - or even more - in theaters watching Watchmen, co-creator Dave Gibbons let slip that an even longer version may be waiting for fans on DVD while speaking at an event this weekend. But the changes made to create the even-longer-than-the-Director's-Cut edit of the movie are some that will correct a decision that many fans initially saw as a mistake.

Speaking at the British Film Institute, Gibbons hinted at plans for the movie's second planned DVD release:

Dave has seen a 2 hour, 45 minute rough assembly of the ? in his words ? ?very sexy, very violent? movie which he expects will receive an 18 certificate from the British censor. There?s no Black Freighter animation, that will be released as a separate ?Animatrix? style DVD and probably (eventually) be remarried with the live action film in a future ?Absolute Watchmen? DVD release.

(The term Absolute Watchmen refers to DC Comics' deluxe hardcover versions of their comics, which collect storylines with background material and often - as is the case for Watchmen - recolored pages to reflect updates to printing technology; the end results are called Absolute [Name of Book].)

But still: A version of Watchmen complete with Tales Of The Black Freighter animation? Somewhere, a million Alan Moore fans are very happy indeed.

[sanctified Veteran]

The cast and settings are spot on :o

This actually might be better than The Dark Knight.

The only thing I dont fully like its the commedian. He should be bulkier, with a lote more muscle.

[Rappy Veteran]

After a major court victory, the studio has announced a bid to block the release of Warner Bros.' anticipated adaptation of the seminal graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Fox originally tried to develop the project more than a decade ago, but didn't manage to get the film off the drawing board. The studio claims Warners never properly acquired the rights to Watchmen, and, in a major twist, instead of seeking a share of the would-be blockbuster's box-office gross, Fox is seeking to kill the flick entirely before it unspools in theaters March 6.

Cue the agonized cries of fanboys everywhere.

A federal judge in Los Angeles agreed with Fox lawyers that there's enough evidence to keep the lawsuit going forward?and keep the film's release in limbo.

Directed by 300 helmer Zack Snyder, Watchmen stars Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup and Jackie Earle Haley as a band of former superheroes who find themselves reclassified as criminal vigilantes in an alternate universe circa 1985. As an unknown assassin begins to hunt them down, the heroes try to unravel a conspiracy and thwart a nuclear war.

The film's trailer wowed Comic-Con attendees last month, stirring big buzz for a film that many thought would never get made.

Per its complaint, Fox traces its distribution rights through a series of complex legal agreements that began in 1991, when the studio teamed up with veteran producer Larry Gordon to develop the DC Comics graphic novel.

The project stalled and Gordon went packing, leaving Fox, not Gordon, in control of the property, per the suit.

But Gordon resurfaced in 2006 and inked a deal with Warners to try to relaunch Watchmen.

In siding with Fox, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Allen Fees said Warners' legal camp failed to show that Gordon still had a stake in the project.

"Warner Bros.' production and anticipated release of Watchmen motion picture violates 20th Century Fox's long-standing motion picture rights in the Watchmen property," Fox says in a statement.

"We will be asking the court to enforce Fox's copyright interests in The Watchmen and enjoin the release of the Warner Bros. film and any related Watchmen media that violate our copyright interests in that property."

It's not clear exactly why Fox is asking for an injunction to block Watchmen from coming out, especially since the film's already in the can, although it could simply be a ploy to gain a large portion of ticket sales. There's also no indication why Fox waited so long to bring its case.

Warners, meanwhile, tried to spin the ruling as favorably as possible.

"It is our company's policy not to comment on pending litigation, and thus will not comment on the specifics of this case," the studio's statement reads. "That said, the court's ruling simply means that the parties will engage in discovery and proceed with the litigation.

"We respectfully disagree with Fox's position and do not believe they have any rights in and to this project."

Fees has asked the studios to expedite the pretrial wrangling. After all, the film's release is apporaching and the Doomsday Clock is ticking.

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HQ of above!

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The New York Times has published an article on the joint report that was submitted to the federal court on Friday by lawyers for both Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox about the Watchmen rights. Here's a couple of clips:

Fox has said it will seek an injunction blocking Warner's planned release of the film next March. Warner has argued that Fox should not be allowed to stop the movie, after standing by while Warner and its partners on the film, Paramount Pictures and Legendary Pictures, spent more than $100 million on the production, directed by Zack Snyder ("300").

The report also outlined conflicting requests for a trial date: as early as next June, if Fox has its way, or April, if Warner prevails.

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UGO: Will you give us a hardcore lesson in motion-capture? How does it actually work? I?ve read that Billy Crudup was rigged with blue LED lights so the other actors would have a glow cast on them. Was the motion capture done while filming scenes or at a different time, and were Billy?s movements used as a guide?

Alan McFarland: Billy wore a white spandex suit built by Chris Gilman?s team at Global Effects in North Hollywood; it was covered with blue LEDs and tracking markers that would be used in post production to reconstruct his performance in the computer; there were also markers on his shoes and gloves, and he wore a cap with markers as well. These markers were specially encoded to be readable by the computer directly, so that the computer could tell Billy?s left elbow from his right knee. Billy also had a number of carefully calibrated dots on his face to assist in capturing his expressions and dialog. The markers were placed and maintained by Imageworks staffer Josh Ochoa, who did a similar job with traking on Sony?s Beowulf. On the set every time Dr. .Manhattan appears, there were three cameras capturing his performance, the main camera shooting film, and two high-def ?witness? cameras recording the performance from two other angles. These cameras were set and aligned by Imageworks? Pete Travers and Eric Scott, under the direction of VFX supervisor John Desjardin. Between the three cameras, proprietary software developed by the guys back at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Culver City could triangulate the that data and reconstruct every nuance of Billy?s performance to drive the CG Dr. Manhattan. The purpose of the blue LEDs actually had nothing to do with capturing Billy?s performance-- they were there to supply the blue glow on Dr. Manhattan?s surroundings; that creates a much better look for Dr. Manhattan?s blue halo that had it been done entirely in post with CG. Under software control, the brightness of the LEDs could be set to DP Larry Fong?s exact specifications and it would self-monitor to maintain those levels. I designed the LED power system and control electronics, and I did the engineering and maintenance of the suit on the set in Vancouver.

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[acies]

A new behind the scenes part on making Dr. Manhattan is up:

http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/

[Crazysah]

Wow. Looking good. Thanks!

[Rappy Veteran]

A new behind the scenes part on making Dr. Manhattan is up:

http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/

I really hope this film gets released, all indications are saying the lawsuit is being held off at the moment.

[acies]

I really hope this film gets released, all indications are saying the lawsuit is being held off at the moment.

Yea, I find it silly how the lawsuit has come up at this point. Surely fox heard about the film long before it went into production.

[Scirwode]

Yea, I find it silly how the lawsuit has come up at this point. Surely fox heard about the film long before it went into production.

They probably waited to see how the film was coming along and when they realised it could hurt them, they started the law suit.

Scirwode

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

It would be such a shame for the movie to be cancelled (even though it's already complete). All that time and money wasted over a simple lawsuit. Warner Bros. should counter the lawsuit because Fox waited until they were "done". Surely they heard of it before the filming had started.

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Scream Awards Teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5EXW2-Fj9Q.swf

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New Teaser Poster

[qdave]

interesting poster!

[medium_pimpin]

I just finished the book. I am so excited to see this movie!

[acies]

New video journal:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ideoID=45930866