New R-rated animated Watchmen movie trailer follows Rorschach's uncompromising search for the truth
Jul. 10, 2024Part One is out in August
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DC has released a new trailer for Watchmen: Chapter 1 – and we have chills.
In the newly released clip, we follow Rorschach as he recruits the Watchmen to investigate the sudden death of a fellow hero, The Comedian, in New York City.
Per the official synopsis: “In an alternate world, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement, into a mystery that threatens their lives and the world itself.”
The voice cast includes Matthew Rhys as Nite Owl, Katee Sackhoff as Silk Spectre, Titus Welliver as Rorschach, Troy Baker as Ozymandias, Michael Cerveris as Dr. Manhattan, and Rick D. Wasserman as The Comedian.
Based on Alan Moore’s comic book series, Watchmen is set in an alternate universe where superheroes exist and changed the course of US history in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, including the outcome of the Vietnam War. The comics take place a couple of decades later, in the ’80s, on the brink of World War 3, when most superheroes have now retired.
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