Watchmen Chapter 1 Animated Movie Gets New Trailer, Premieres Next Month

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation have unveiled a new full trailer for the upcoming Watchmen Chapter 1.

Watchmen is of course based on Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons’ legendary graphic novel of the same. There will be two movies for the adaptation, Watchmen Chapter 1 and Watchmen Chapter 2.

The synopsis reads:

In an alternate world, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement, into a mystery that threatens their lives and the world itself.

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)

Watchmen Chapter 1 premieres on Digital platforms on 13 August 2024. Watchmen Chapter 2 will premiere later in 2024.

Check out the trailer below: