Watchmen Chapter I: Exclusive Trailer, Voice Cast, Boxart and Release Date
The animated film adaptation of the classic DC graphic novels arrives on Digital and Blu-ray in August.
IGN can exclusively reveal the new Watchmen Chapter I trailer, as well as its stellar voice cast ensemble and new boxart for Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount’s R-rated animated film adaptation of the seminal DC graphic novels. (You can watch the new trailer via the player above or the embed below.)
Watchmen Chapter I will be released on Digital on August 13 and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on August 27. Watchmen Chapter II will be released later in 2024.
Based on the groundbreaking graphic novel series by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons, Watchmen Chapter I adapts the gritty, Cold War superhero saga that redefined the comics medium back in the 1980s.
The official synopsis for Chapter I reads: “In an alternate world history set in 1985, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.”
As produced and directed by Brandon Vietti from an adaptation by J. Michael Straczynski, Watchmen Chapter I aims to faithfully recapture the visual aesthetic of the original graphic novels illustrated by Dave Gibbons.
Watchmen Chapter I Voice Cast
The film’s all-star voice cast includes:
- Matthew Rhys (Dan Dreiberg, Nite Owl)
- Katee Sackhoff (Laurie Juspeczyk, Silk Spectre)
- Titus Welliver (Rorschach, Walter Kovacs)
- Troy Baker (Adrian Veidt, Ozymandias)
- Adrienne Barbeau (Sally Jupiter, Silk Spectre)
- Corey Burton (Captain Metropolis)
- Michael Cerveris (Jonathan Osterman, Dr. Manhattan)
- Jeffrey Combs (Edgar Jacobi, Moloch)
- Grey DeLisle
- Kelly Hu
- John Marshall Jones (Hooded Justice)
- Max Koch
- Phil LaMarr
- Yuri Lowenthal (Wally Weaver)
- Geoff Pierson (Hollis Mason, Nite Owl)
- Dwight Schultz
- Jason Spisak
- Kari Wahlgren (Janey Slater)
- Rick D. Wasserman (Edward Blake, The Comedian)
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Jim Krieg and Cindy Rago are producers and Dave Gibbons is consulting producer. Sam Register, Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are executive producers.
Bonus features for Watchmen Chapter I include interviews with the filmmakers including Dave Gibbons, J. Michael Straczynski, and more.
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
- The Art of Adaptation: Introducing the Story
- Dave Gibbons and Watchmen: Chapters I-VI
FILM INFORMATION
- 4K UHD & Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish
- 4K UHD & Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Running Time: 83 min.
- Rated: R
- Digital version not available in Canada
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