Watchmen

Based On the book by Alan Moore

Watchmen is a 2009 American superhero film based on the comic book series by Dave Gibbons, and published by DC Comics. Directed by Zack Snyder, and written by David Hayter and Alex Tse, the film stars Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson. A dark and dystopian deconstruction of the superhero genre, the film is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War, as a group of mostly retired American superheroes investigate the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy with which they are all connected. For nearly two decades from October 1987 until October 2005, a live-action film adaptation of the Watchmen series became stranded in development hell.

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Release date:

February 23, 2009

Director:

Zack Snyder

Cast:

Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino

Genre:

Dystopian, Superhero, Alternate history, Neo-noir, Vigilante

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

2009 in adaptations