First Look: 'Watchmen' Characters

A year from today, the long-awaited, highly anticipated Watchmen movie will finally hit theaters.

Until now, we've been teased with backlot photos and one image comparision to the storyboards (see ‘Watchmen’ Movie Wraps).

Today, director Zack Snyder has updated the film's production blog to include a first look at five characters from the upcoming film...check out the images right here after the jump at Geeks of Doom

Gerard Butler Leads Watchmen's 'Tales Of The Black Freighter' DVD Short

Gerard Butler will voice the Captain in Tales Of The Black Freighter, an animated short that will be included as a bonus feature for Watchmen's eventual DVD release, according to Empire...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Watchmen' Movie Wraps

Director Zack Snyder has updated the Watchmen official site to announce that production on the film is now complete...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Lawsuits Put 'Watchmen' & 'Hobbit' Films in Jeopardy

Two unrelated lawsuits filed this week could bring an end to Warner Bros.' upcoming Watchmen film, as well as to the two planned Hobbit movies from New Line Cinema.

The J.J.R. Tolkien estate is suing New Line Cinema, stating that the studio failed to pay part of the profits from its hugely succesfully Lord of the Rings film trilogy, while Fox is suing Warner Bros. over the rights to the Watchmen movie, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

‘Watchmen’ Artist Dave Gibbons Visits the Movie Set - Part 2

The official Watchmen site blog has been updated with Part 2 of Dave Gibbons's visit to the Watchmen movie set this month.

Gibbons, who is co-creator (along with Alan Moore) and artist of the Watchmen graphic novel, posted Part 1 of his visit to Zack Snyder's movie set earlier this month...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Watchmen' Artist Dave Gibbons Visits the Movie Set - Part 1

The Watchmen movie official blog has been updated with a post by Dave Gibbons, co-creator (along with Alan Moore) and artist of the Watchmen graphic novel, who visited the movie's set this month.

The photo at right that accompanies the blog entry, which is listed as "Part 1 of 2," shows Gibbons next to the costume for the Dollar Bill character, a member of The Minutemen, the precursor to the Watchmen superhero team. (Click photo for larger view.)

Of the visit to the set of the Zack Snyder big-screen adaptation, Gibbons starts off his entry with, "It's perhaps the most surreal experience of my life."...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Watchmen' Backlot Photos

Director Zack Snyder has posted images from the various backlot sets of Watchmen at the movie's official site.

The film, based based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, hits theaters March 6, 2008, and stars Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!