July 16, 2008

Movie Minute: Watchmen

By News Desk

Based on a 12-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is the only graphic novel to appear on TIME Magazine's 2005 list of 'The 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to present.'

A complex, multi-layered mystery action/adventure, 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.

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?

Look out for the twelve exclusive webisodes, completed or in development, that cover different areas of the production process - set construction, costumes, an interview with Dave Gibbons, and more. One webisode will be released per month, so be sure to check back here regularly!

Watchmen will be opening in cinemas across Asia on the following dates:

Korea: March 5 2009
India: March 6 2009
Indonesia: March 6 2009
Malaysia: March 6 2009
Philippines: March 6 2009
Singapore: March 6 2009
Taiwan: March 7 2009
Hong Kong: March 12 2009
Japan: April 11 2009