Watchmen Chapter I: Exclusive trailer, voice cast, box art and release date

IGN can exclusively reveal the new trailer for Watchmen Chapter I, as well as the stellar voice cast and new cover art for Warner Bros. Animation and Paramount’s R-rated animated adaptation of the groundbreaking DC graphic novels. (You can watch the new trailer via the player above or the embedded element below.)

Watchmen Chapter I will be released digitally 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 author Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons, Watchmen Chapter I adapts the gritty Cold War-era superhero saga that redefined the comic book medium 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 brings his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and embroils them in a mystery that threatens to turn their personal lives and the world at large upside down.”

Produced and directed by Brandon Vietti from an adaptation by J. Michael Straczynski, Watchmen Chapter I aims to faithfully recreate the visual aesthetics of the original graphic novels with illustrations by Dave Gibbons.

Voice cast “Watchmen Chapter I”

The film’s star cast of voice actors 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 Judge)
• 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)

Jim Krieg and Cindy Rago are producers and Dave Gibbons is a consulting producer. Sam Register, Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin are executive producers.

Watchmen Chapter I bonus features include interviews with the filmmakers, including Dave Gibbons, J. Michael Straczynski, and more.

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

• The Art of Adaptation: Introduction to the Story
• Dave Gibbons and Watchmen: Chapters I–VI

FILM INFORMATION

• 4K UHD and Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish
• 4K UHD and Blu-ray subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Running time: 83 min.
• Rated: R
• Digital version not available in Canada

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